Eysenck (2005) conceded that Albert Bandura was one of the first psychologists to introduce that learning theory incorporated mental processes.In addition, social learning theory purports that learnt behavior is not always dependent on direct conditioning (Eysenck, 2005). Moreover, social learning theory deals directly with why the amount and type of aggression differ between people and that human learn to aggress by watching aggressive models (Worchel, 1995). Worchel (1995) notes that each of us has slightly different models, so we learn different modes of aggression and the difference between people in the performance of aggression can be explained by different reward structures in their environments.
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Firstly, the oral stage which occurs the first eighteen months of life often see infants obtaining satisfaction from eating or sucking and other activities using the mouth and Freud asserted that excessive gratification or frustration of oral needs result in the adult being self-indulgent or dependent (Eysenck, 2005; Passer, 2007). Secondly during the anal stage the eighteen months to three years old child focusing on the process of elimination through potty training and according to Freud harsh toilet training can result in obsessive concerns with orderliness and cleanliness in contrast to extremely lax toilet training resulting in a messy and dominant adult personality (Passer, 2007). Thirdly, the third stage falls between three to six years and the genital becomes the key source of satisfaction in so that the boys acquire the Oedipus complex-having sexual desires for the mother and wanting to get rid of the father and the girls acquire the Electra complex-where they discover they don’t have and penis and blame their mother and wish to bear their father’s child as a substitute for the penis they lack (Eysenck, 2005; Passer, 2007). As the stage ends around age six, children enter the latency period where their sexual desires becomes dormant for six years and emerges as they enter adolescence to begin the genital stage where erotic impulses emerge and sexual relationships are formed (Passer,
Bandura’s social learning theory was …show more content…
Firstly, the oral stage which occurs the first eighteen months of life often see infants obtaining satisfaction from eating or sucking and other activities using the mouth and Freud asserted that excessive gratification or frustration of oral needs result in the adult being self-indulgent or dependent (Eysenck, 2005; Passer, 2007). Secondly during the anal stage the eighteen months to three years old child focusing on the process of elimination through potty training and according to Freud harsh toilet training can result in obsessive concerns with orderliness and cleanliness in contrast to extremely lax toilet training resulting in a messy and dominant adult personality (Passer, 2007). Thirdly, the third stage falls between three to six years and the genital becomes the key source of satisfaction in so that the boys acquire the Oedipus complex-having sexual desires for the mother and wanting to get rid of the father and the girls acquire the Electra complex-where they discover they don’t have and penis and blame their mother and wish to bear their father’s child as a substitute for the penis they lack (Eysenck, 2005; Passer, 2007). As the stage ends around age six, children enter the latency period where their sexual desires becomes dormant for six years and emerges as they enter adolescence to begin the genital stage where erotic impulses emerge and sexual relationships are formed (Passer,