Albert Bandura “Social Learning Theory”
The theory I chose was the “Social Learning Theory” by Psychologist Albert Bandura. In his theory Albert Bandura believed that children learn best from observing the behaviors of those around them, and imitating what they’ve learned “Children do not always need reinforcement or punishments to shape behaviors, sometimes they act in imitation of the behaviors that they observe around them” (Cook and Cook, pg12). To prove his theory Bandura, created an experiment known as the “Bobo doll” experiment.
In this social experiment Bandura took a group of preschoolers and divided them into three separate groups. Each group being shown a separate video. Group one, observed the model hitting, kicking and shouting …show more content…
Children will often imitate the behaviors of those they can closely relate. Children will often try and model the behavior of those they look up to, whether it be a parent, peer or celebrity. Take for example Hannah Montana, children loved Hannah Montana, but when Hannah became Miley, and Miley started exhibiting rebellious behavior, such as smoking and wearing provocative clothes this sparked a concern for parents and the media, because they knew it would in some way or another affect the children who had once idolized Hannah Montana.
Another example would be my five year old son who has global developmental delay. At age two, my son was placed in a special needs school for his speech and social skills. Because of lack of space he was placed in a class with older children ages two and half to three. These children were more verbal and had the social skills he was lacking. I was a bit apprehensive in the beginning because of the age gap, but after giving it some thought I felt it may be a smart idea to try it out. And immediately after about three months I started to see a difference in the way my son spoke and even socialized with others. When I asked his teacher about his improvement she told me that she thinks the interaction with peers similar to his age is what she believed he needed to thrive and that him being around children older than him, and more advanced has really changed his
The theory I chose was the “Social Learning Theory” by Psychologist Albert Bandura. In his theory Albert Bandura believed that children learn best from observing the behaviors of those around them, and imitating what they’ve learned “Children do not always need reinforcement or punishments to shape behaviors, sometimes they act in imitation of the behaviors that they observe around them” (Cook and Cook, pg12). To prove his theory Bandura, created an experiment known as the “Bobo doll” experiment.
In this social experiment Bandura took a group of preschoolers and divided them into three separate groups. Each group being shown a separate video. Group one, observed the model hitting, kicking and shouting …show more content…
Children will often imitate the behaviors of those they can closely relate. Children will often try and model the behavior of those they look up to, whether it be a parent, peer or celebrity. Take for example Hannah Montana, children loved Hannah Montana, but when Hannah became Miley, and Miley started exhibiting rebellious behavior, such as smoking and wearing provocative clothes this sparked a concern for parents and the media, because they knew it would in some way or another affect the children who had once idolized Hannah Montana.
Another example would be my five year old son who has global developmental delay. At age two, my son was placed in a special needs school for his speech and social skills. Because of lack of space he was placed in a class with older children ages two and half to three. These children were more verbal and had the social skills he was lacking. I was a bit apprehensive in the beginning because of the age gap, but after giving it some thought I felt it may be a smart idea to try it out. And immediately after about three months I started to see a difference in the way my son spoke and even socialized with others. When I asked his teacher about his improvement she told me that she thinks the interaction with peers similar to his age is what she believed he needed to thrive and that him being around children older than him, and more advanced has really changed his