Social Learning Theory

Behavior, cognition, and the environment interact in a dynamic way. Example: A student’s shyness (personal factor) affects classroom participation (behavior), which in tu...

Vicarious means experiencing something indirectly, through someone else, rather than firsthand. It comes from the Latin vicarius, meaning "substitute" or "acting in place of ano...

Attention: The learner must focus on the model’s behavior. Retention: The behavior must be stored in memory for later retrieval. Reproduction: The learner must have the ...

Learning happens by watching others and imitating their behavior, even without direct reinforcement. Example: A child learns aggression by observing an aggressive adult (c.f. "...