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    Albert Bandura was a Canadian-American psychologist known for his social learning theory. He was born in Alberta, Canada and studied under Kenneth Spence at the University of Iowa. Bandura's social learning theory asserts that most human behavior is learned through observation, imitation, and modeling. He is famous for studies showing children imitating aggressive behaviors they observed in adults. Bandura emphasized the role of observation, motivation, and mental state in learning.

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    Albert Bandura was a Canadian-American psychologist known for his social learning theory. He was born in Alberta, Canada and studied under Kenneth Spence at the University of Iowa. Bandura's social learning theory asserts that most human behavior is learned through observation, imitation, and modeling. He is famous for studies showing children imitating aggressive behaviors they observed in adults. Bandura emphasized the role of observation, motivation, and mental state in learning.

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    Albert Bandura was a Canadian-American psychologist known for his social learning theory. He was born in Alberta, Canada and studied under Kenneth Spence at the University of Iowa. Bandura's social learning theory asserts that most human behavior is learned through observation, imitation, and modeling. He is famous for studies showing children imitating aggressive behaviors they observed in adults. Bandura emphasized the role of observation, motivation, and mental state in learning.

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    Albert Bandura

    • Albert Bandura is a contempora


    ry psychologist specializing in d
    evelopmental psychology and e
    ducational psychology. Much of
    his work centers around social l
    earning theory. He is one of the
    most widely-cited psychologists
    of all time.
    • Albert Bandura was born in Alberta, Canada, in the
    small town of Mundare. He was the youngest of six
    children, two of whom died in youth, one from a hu
    nting accident and another from the flu pandemic.
    Bandura’s parents were hardworking and self-educa
    ted. They instilled in him a joy for celebrating life an
    d the importance of education
    • Born on December 4, 1925
    • Died on july 26, 2021
    • His primary education was explorative and practical
    , as the school he attended was led by only two tea
    chers and had limited resources for educational ma
    terials
    • After finishing school, Bandura went to the Yukon t
    o help protect the Alaskan Highway from sinkholes.
    eachers
    • Bandura entered the University of British Columbia
    and stumbled onto his career by choosing a psychol
    ogy class as a filler for his curriculum. to
    • While at the University of Iowa, Bandura studied un
    der Kenneth Spence and was influenced by his pred
    ecessor, Clark Hull. Bandura began experimenting w
    ith imagery, reciprocal determinism, and representa
    tion.
    • He began to develop a set of theoretical and analyti
    cal skills and was able to offer psychologists a new a
    pproach to the evaluation of the mental process, as
    ide from the traditional model of psychoanalysis.
    • Bandura is known for his social learning theory. He i
    s quite different from other learning theorists who l
    ook at learning as a direct result of conditioning, rei
    nforcement, and punishment. Bandura asserts that
    most human behavior is learned through observati
    on, imitation, and modeling.
    • Bandura developed his social cognitive theory from
    a holistic view of human cognition in relation to soc
    ial awareness and influence. He emphasized that be
    havior is guided by a combination of drives, cues, re
    sponses, and rewards. For example, a child might h
    ave a drive to eat candy, and this desire can be reinf
    orced if the parent responds by eating candy with t
    he child or rewards the child with praises for eating
    candy.
    Learning Through Observation
    : Live, Verbal, and Symbolic
    • Bandura is famous for his studies of children observ
    ing adults who acted aggressively toward a doll. Aft
    er the children viewed this behavior, they were give
    n dolls to play with. Can you guess how they interac
    ted with the dolls? You’re right. They imitated the a
    ggressive actions that they observed earlier.
    • But Bandura took the meaning of “observation” eve
    n further. In addition to a “live” model, he explored
    a “verbal” instructional model, whereby if certain e
    xplanations and descriptions were presented, then l
    earning was enhanced. I am sure you can think of a
    n example of when someone patiently explained so
    mething to you in a way that helped you to learn it.
    That’s the perfect example of a verbal instructional
    model.
    • He also studied “symbolic” models, where characte
    rs (fiction/non-fiction) in movies, television progra
    ms, online media, and books could lead to learning.
    This means that students could learn from watching
    a movie or television program, listening to any num
    ber of online media sources (e.g., podcasts), or fro
    m reading a book. They envisioned how the charact
    ers reacted and how they felt, etc. This, in turn, tau
    ght them how to react and feel in similar life situati
    ons.
    The Importance of Motivatio
    n and Mental State
    • Bandura claims that observation alone may not be suffici
    ent enough to incur maximal learning; a person’s motivati
    on and their mental state also influence learning. Bandur
    a agreed with the behavioral theorists who noted that ext
    ernal reinforcement shapes learning, but he also acknowl
    edged that learning is not always a result of external reinf
    orcement. He claimed that learning is a result of intrinsic
    reinforcement as well. For example, a student might learn
    something because of their pride, for a sense of satisfacti
    on, or to fulfill a feeling of accomplishment. This factor of
    learning intrinsically connects Bandura’s learning theory t
    o those of other cognitive-developmental theories.
    Learning Doesn’t Always Le
    ad to a Behavioral Change
    • Behaviorists argue that learning leads to a permane
    nt change in behavior. However, Bandura showed t
    hat observational learning can occur without the le
    arner demonstrating any new behavior. In other w
    ords, you can observe, imitate, or model something
    but you might not learn it. He explored the questio
    n of what needs to happen for an observable behav
    ior to be learned (in addition to observation) and cit
    ed four necessary steps: attention, retention, repro
    duction, and motivation.
    What are the implications for Social Lea
    rning Theory on teachers and student lea
    rning?
    • Certainly, this theory can be used to teach positive
    behaviors to students. Teachers can use positive rol
    e models to increase desired behaviors and thus ch
    ange the culture of a school. Not only will individual
    students benefit from positive role models in and o
    ut of the classroom, but the entire class and studen
    t body will do so.
    • Other classroom strategies such as encouraging chil
    dren and building self-efficacy are rooted in social le
    arning theory. For example, if a teacher is positive
    with their students and they encourage them, this p
    ositive energy and verbal encouragement, in turn, h
    elps build self-efficacy, the belief in one’s abilities to
    succeed in various situations
    • In conclusion, observation plays a very powerful rol
    e in learning. It not only helps teach students but h
    elps them to successfully understand, retain, and ap
    ply their learning to their lives so they can learn and
    achieve even more. For this, we thank Albert Bandu
    ra for his Social Learning Theory contribution

    • Reference: https://educationaltechnology.net/socia
    l-learning-theory-albert-bandura/

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