Development theory
Social learning theory is when people interact with their surroundings, and learn from watching other people’s behavior. That type of learning is called modeling, when we learn behaviors by watching how people do things, and then we copy that behavior. For example, peer influence can cause them to start smoking or experiencing with drugs. When children reach middle childhood, they start looking up to their peers. Social learning theory was found by Albert Bandura, who attended the University Of British Columbia, and the University of Iowa. Conducting the Bobo doll experiment, Bandura came up with Social Learning Theory. The Bobo doll experiment is where children observed adult showing aggressive behavior and they in turn follow …show more content…
Certain behavior could be altered as long as the person is in the right kind of environment. The theory is easily understood by people because people can quickly tell where they got certain behavior from and make changes if necessary. When I was observing the kids, I can tell a lot of them wanted a better life. They can learn from their parents by doing better and rally striving to make it out of the Big Bend Homeless Coalition. The weakness of the theory is it doesn’t really take into account physical and mental changes. Bandura state people can easily change their behavior, but some just don’t have the ability to do so. For example, a person with Traumatic brain injury can’t just decide to change how their mind processes certain things.
The cultural implications of social learning theory could be easily altered based on someone’s culture. Every culture is unique and complex in ways others cannot understand. The way someone behave in one culture might be completely different in another culture. It’s important as social workers, that we keep that in mind when dealing with clients that have different cultural
Social learning theory is when people interact with their surroundings, and learn from watching other people’s behavior. That type of learning is called modeling, when we learn behaviors by watching how people do things, and then we copy that behavior. For example, peer influence can cause them to start smoking or experiencing with drugs. When children reach middle childhood, they start looking up to their peers. Social learning theory was found by Albert Bandura, who attended the University Of British Columbia, and the University of Iowa. Conducting the Bobo doll experiment, Bandura came up with Social Learning Theory. The Bobo doll experiment is where children observed adult showing aggressive behavior and they in turn follow …show more content…
Certain behavior could be altered as long as the person is in the right kind of environment. The theory is easily understood by people because people can quickly tell where they got certain behavior from and make changes if necessary. When I was observing the kids, I can tell a lot of them wanted a better life. They can learn from their parents by doing better and rally striving to make it out of the Big Bend Homeless Coalition. The weakness of the theory is it doesn’t really take into account physical and mental changes. Bandura state people can easily change their behavior, but some just don’t have the ability to do so. For example, a person with Traumatic brain injury can’t just decide to change how their mind processes certain things.
The cultural implications of social learning theory could be easily altered based on someone’s culture. Every culture is unique and complex in ways others cannot understand. The way someone behave in one culture might be completely different in another culture. It’s important as social workers, that we keep that in mind when dealing with clients that have different cultural