Vicarious conditioning is a form of observational learning, or learning through watching the behaviors of others. Similar to operant conditioning, vicarious conditioning is a form of learning through which certain behaviors generate certain consequences. Vicarious conditioning, however, happens when the behavior of one person is changed by observing the consequences of that same behavior done by another person. For example, when a group of second grade students are talking instead of reading, the teacher might yell at one of them. That causes the entire group to change their previous behavior of talking and start reading like they are supposed
Vicarious conditioning is a form of observational learning, or learning through watching the behaviors of others. Similar to operant conditioning, vicarious conditioning is a form of learning through which certain behaviors generate certain consequences. Vicarious conditioning, however, happens when the behavior of one person is changed by observing the consequences of that same behavior done by another person. For example, when a group of second grade students are talking instead of reading, the teacher might yell at one of them. That causes the entire group to change their previous behavior of talking and start reading like they are supposed