Observational Learning Practice

In observational learning, people learn by observing others. They are more likely to learn if they observe those who are...

• similar to themselves

• admirable and successful

• cruel and inhumane

• sympathetic

Coined the term observational learning. HINT-Bobo Doll Experiment

• Ivan Pavlov

• Albert Bandura

• Edward Thorndike

• Edward Tolman

What did Albert Bandura's Bobo doll experiments demonstrate?

• Children are likely to imitate the behavior of adults

• There may be a negative correlation between TV violence and aggressive behavior

• Children are more likely to copy what adults say than what adults do

• Allowing children to watch too much TV is detrimental to their development

• Observational learning can explain the development of fears in children

One night at dinner, three-year-old Cheyenne's parents saw her put her napkin in her lap, even though they had never verbally instructed her to do so. They realized that she had probably learned by observing and imitating their own behavior at the dinner table each night. Cheyenne seems to have learned to put her napkin in her lap through a process called

• mirroring

• antisocial behavior

• modeling

• insight learning

• positive reinforcement

What is observational learning?

• Learning from reading books
• Learning behavior but not showing behavior until rewarded
• Learning from the associations of stimuli
• Learning by watching the behavior of another person, or model

Which of the following is an example of observational learning?

• A little girl is punished for Grabbing her sister's hair.

• Students in a classroom have their recess taken away until they can be quiet.

• Young women wear clothes styled like those of a popular actress.

• A piano student becomes proficient at a new piece of music.

What is the conclusion of the Bobo Doll experiment?

• Children enjoyed watching the experiment involving the Bobo doll

• They did not imitate the behaviour depicted in the Bobo doll experiment

• Aggression in the children increased when the model behaved aggressively towards the Bo-Bo doll

• All of the above

Observational learning is also known as

• Immitation

• Modelling

• Experiential Learning

• Stimulus-Response Approach

In Bandura’s Bobo doll study, when the children who watched the aggressive model were placed in a room with the doll and other toys, they ________.

• ignored the doll

• played with toys

• kicked and threw the doll

• played nicely with the doll

Prosocial modeling

• modeling negative behaviors

• modeling positive behaviors