Human Growth and Development / Unit 1 HGD 0044 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Observational Learning
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The idea
Observational learning, described by Albert Bandura, is learning by watching others and the consequences they meet, rather than by one's own reinforcement.
In practice
Children who watched an adult hit a Bobo doll hitting it themselves.
Where people slip
Children who saw the aggressive model also invented new ways to attack the doll. Models can be live or symbolic, as in television.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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