Richard Walter and Albert Bandura
Who developed the Social Learning Theory?
Children learn from imitation and observing others.
What was the purpose of Bobo Dolls experiments?
Stand-up clown tall, actors, and preschool children
What involved the first experiment?
What did the second experiment consist of?
to determine if children would act differently if the actors behaviors were reinforced through punishment and reward.
Purpose of this experiment?
College professor at Stanford University
What university did he teach at?
operational conditioning
What did most psychologists believed how children learned at the time?
imitate behaviors
Boys were 2 times likely to do what?
Bandura concluded that children imitate others regardless of where they have seen the behavior.
Outcome of the second experiment?
punishment
What had the most impact on the 3rd experiment?
Albert Bandura
Who is the most cited early childhood psychologist?
three
How many Bobo doll experiments?
Adults rather than peers (boys the same age)
What were boys more influenced by?
same as the first
Were the result different or the same than the first experiment?
reward
What reinforcement did not motivate imitating behaviors?