Observational Learning

this psychologist ran a study with children and modeled behavior using a bobo-doll.

• Albert Schlansky
• John Watson
• Edward Toleman 
• Albert Bandura

Nathan, a teenager, learns how to change the tires of his bike by watching his father do it. This is an example of ________.

• observational learning

• latent learning

• traditional conditioning

• operant conditioning

Janet, a nine-year-old, hears her father swearing at someone over the telephone. The next day, she imitates her father and swears at another child in the school. According to Albert Bandura's social learning theory, this is an example of ________.

• habituation

• imprinting

• modeling

• conditioning

Carly used to feel nausea when going to McDonalds because she associated the food with illness. After a few good meals there, she no longer feels the nausea. Which prinicple?

• Spontaneous recovery

• Extinction

• Second-order conditioning

• Generalization

Mariah developed a fear of the water when she fell off a river raft last summer. This year she took swimming lessons and thought she had finally overcome her fear of water. She was eagerly looking forward to an upcoming rafting trip, however, as soon as she stepped onto the raft she was instantly terrified again.

• Extinction

• Generalization

• Spontaneous recovery

• Observational learning

Which of the following would a social learning theorist most likely to purpose as a cause for a fear of flying?

• A person has maladaptive thoughts about the safety of planes
• A person observed someone else’s fear of flying
• A person had been negatively reinforced for fear of flying on a plane
• The fear is related to childhood trauma

True or False:
A student is more likely to copy you if you are similar to them. 

• False
• True

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NGSS.HS-LS2-8

True or False: 
Punishing a student for an inappropriate action will make others want to repeat the action. 

• True
• False

According to Bandura Social Learning Theory, people learn from one another through this behaviours, EXCEPT :

• Imitation

• Modelling

• Observation

• Reinforcing

Below are 4 steps in observational learning. Choose the correct order for the steps involved.

i. attention

ii. reproduction

iii. retention

iv. motivation

• ii, iii, iv and i

• i, iii, ii and iv

• iv, i, iii and ii

• i, ii, iii and iv