Social Cognitive Theory

Which of the following is not a factor in social cognitive learning theory?

• Having a motivation to replicate the behaviour.

• The model must be a member of the learner's in-group.

• Being able to remember the actions of the model.

• Paying attention to a model.

What is meant by vicarious reinforcement?

• When we get positive feedback and therefore continue a behaviour.

• When we see someone else get positive feedback and therefore imitate the behaviour.

• When we are exposed to something over time and learn through repetition.

• When we get negative feednack and therefore stop a behaviour.

According to Bandura, which of the following is not true about Social Cognitive Learning?

• We are more likely to imitate a model if he does something that leads to a lucky outcome - like winning a prize.

• We are more likely to imitate a model if we like him.

• We are more likely to imitate a model if we believe in our ability to succeed.

• We are more likely to imitate a model if she is in our in-group.

How many independent variables were there in Bandura’s (1961) study?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

What is an explanation for why the children in Bandura’s 1961 study did not imitate the behaviour of the female model when she was bashing the Bobo?

• She reminded them of their mothers.

• The women only engaged in verbal aggression and most of the children were too young to understand.

• The children were afraid of her.

• Her behaviour was not seen as consistent with women's behaviour.

The researchers that watched the children in Bandura’s study had similar scores on the aggression of the children. What does this mean about the study?

• It is accurate.

• It has inter-rater reliabilty.

• It has predictive validity.

• It has ecological validity.

The children in Bandura’s study may have acted more aggressive because they thought that the researcher wanted them to. This is an example of

• Screw you effect

• Optimism bias

• Expectancy effect

• Researcher bias

Studies like Huesmann and Eron’s have the problem of bidirectional ambiguity. This means that …

• We don't know if the television viewing led to aggression or whether aggressive children spend more time watching television.

• The results cannot be replicated.

• There were too many variables that could not be controlled.

• The indepenent variable was not fully operationalized.

Which of the following best describes the study done on the island of St Helena?

• A quasi-experiment

• A natural experiment

• A true experiment

• A field experiment