Tarzan: Man Observes And Learns To Be An Ape-Man. Humans, like many creatures, imitate the behavior of other members of their species. In the early years of development, human beings are influenced immensely by their family members. Furthermore, humans also learn behaviors from what they see and observe. In the 1999 film Tarzan, an extreme case of "learning” can be linked with Observational learning, identified by Albert Bandura is 1961. Tarzan, a man raised by apes, observes and imitated the behavior of animals in the jungle in order to learn how to be a man, or an ape-man that is. In the 1961 film by Chris Buck and Kevin Lima, the Disney animated tale of Tarzan the jungle man depicts the life of orphaned Tarzan, growing up in the remote
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Albert Bandura, who is known for the classic Bobo doll experiment, identified this basic form of learning.1. This form of learning does not necessarily need reinforcement to occur, but instead, requires a model. A social model can be a parent, sibling, friend, or teacher. Particularly in childhood, a model is someone of a higher status or authority. According to Bandura's research, there are several factors that increase the likelihood that a behavior will be imitated. Human beings are more likely to imitate people who display warm and nurturing characteristiscs, models who are similar to us in age, sex, and interests, or when a situation is confusing, ambiguous, or unfamiliar. In Tarzan’s situation, he had to model after the other Gorillas in order to survive, and keep up with that kind of instinctual and animalistic lifestyle. While the model, the Gorillas in the case, may not intentionally try to introduce a particular behavior, many behaviors the learner observes, remembers, and imitates are actions that the model displays, Tarzan as the learner in this situation. Observational learning could not happen without cognitive processes. If a child imitates a model’s behavior, and the consequences are rewarding, the child is likely to continue performing the behavior. For example, in the movie Tarzan, the young and feeble Tarzan struggles to fit in with all of the other Gorillas that are
Albert Bandura, who is known for the classic Bobo doll experiment, identified this basic form of learning.1. This form of learning does not necessarily need reinforcement to occur, but instead, requires a model. A social model can be a parent, sibling, friend, or teacher. Particularly in childhood, a model is someone of a higher status or authority. According to Bandura's research, there are several factors that increase the likelihood that a behavior will be imitated. Human beings are more likely to imitate people who display warm and nurturing characteristiscs, models who are similar to us in age, sex, and interests, or when a situation is confusing, ambiguous, or unfamiliar. In Tarzan’s situation, he had to model after the other Gorillas in order to survive, and keep up with that kind of instinctual and animalistic lifestyle. While the model, the Gorillas in the case, may not intentionally try to introduce a particular behavior, many behaviors the learner observes, remembers, and imitates are actions that the model displays, Tarzan as the learner in this situation. Observational learning could not happen without cognitive processes. If a child imitates a model’s behavior, and the consequences are rewarding, the child is likely to continue performing the behavior. For example, in the movie Tarzan, the young and feeble Tarzan struggles to fit in with all of the other Gorillas that are