Talk:Social learning theory

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Focus

This is kind of a mess. This link should be a more general discussion of Albert Bandura's theoretical approach; his research, writing, and influence should be primary. The application of Bandura's theory to the field of criminology should be secondary.204.73.55.90 18:41, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

I agree. Social learning theory refers to the ideas of Bandura, Rotter, etc. developed in the 50s and 60s. It's application in criminology is secondary and verging on tangential. The current article is misleading about social learning theory's origins, core ideas, and impact. Orthogonalogy 18:41, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

Thirded. - M

Agreed. In particular, it's simply bizarre to have a section of this article devoted to serial murder. Even within criminology serial murder is a little tiny and relatively unimportant corner. I wouldn't expect an article of this length on the topic of criminality to include anything about serial murders. Why in the world is this in an article on Social Learning Theory? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.28.181.33 (talk) 16:44, 30 November 2013 (UTC)

I agree that this page is somewhat a mess, however I disagree with the solutions offered above. First, separate pages for "Bandura's Social Learning theory" (Psychology) and for "Akers' Social Learning theory (Sociology/Criminology)" may be useful. Second, explicit focus on the theory's core concepts and causal processes (as outlined in Akers 1998 and Akers & Jensen 2006) is likely to be more useful than this [basic and disorganized] discussion of history and policy implications. -JB

I agree that the page lacks focus. I think the article's focus would be improved by removing all of the applications, and instead including a brief summary of how it is generally applied to real-world settings. Perhaps it would be better to have a separate link that includes all of the detailed applications in different fields, so that the main link can focus on the theory itself Mpignatti (talk) 21:20, 2 September 2024 (UTC)

Behavioral theory

The Social Learning Theory, though not commonly associated with criminology, is the foundation of the Behavior Theory that is directly associated with crime and its prevention. Forensic Psychologist rely heavily on the behavior theory as a base premise of developing criminal profiles, developing rehabilitation concepts, plotting potential crime “hot spots” and conducting psychological interview with suspects. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by DeannaDragonus (talk • contribs) 00:12, 27 February 2007 (UTC).

Please compare this article with social cognitive theory. How should we handle this? ----Action potential ^{t c} 08:52, 7 November 2008 (UTC)

what is example of social learning theory? 213.55.79.195 (talk) 12:22, 18 July 2021 (UTC)

Serial Murder and Social Learning Theory

I edited the part where it said Hale applies Social Learning Theory to serial Murder. I specified that he applies Amsel's frustration aggression, which better explains its link to serial murder. We are doing a project in our serial murder class in which we have to edit articles based on our research papers and I did my paper on how serial murder can be learned. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.194.72.243 (talk) 23:50, 27 May 2010 (UTC)

Applications

The third paragraph mentions guided participation as an application of the theory. It seems a little vague and does not have any references. I would like to expand the paragraph to deal with other classroom applications of social learning, especially reciprocal learning. I would like to add 1 sentence that relates social learning theory to reciprocal learning as an extension of guided participation. I have a reference in mind with more information for expansion (Kumpulainen, K., Wray, D. (2002). Classroom Interaction and Social Learning: From Theory to Practice. New York, NY: RoutledgeFalmer) Rainsja (talk) 18:42, 17 April 2012 (UTC)

Control Group

"To show that behavior is determined only by cognitions, one would have to find a control group consisting of individuals who cannot think. Similarly, to provide empirical support for the argument that behavior is due to environmental consequences alone, one would have the impossible task of forming a control group for which there was no environment.”(latham) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Raiderbazemore (talk • contribs) 20:22, 22 April 2012 (UTC)

Economics

I realize that this is primarily a legal page, but there is a good open access survey that whilst it focusses on economics actually looks at the history of social learning and includes a discussion of Gabriel Tarde. I think that this is a good reference for those interested in this subject. Byronmercury (talk) 12:01, 28 June 2012 (UTC)

*Social learning in economics

Proposed Changes to Article

These proposed changes are being made for a college class project.

After reviewing the social learning theory Wikipedia page, we first proposed to add more information to the beginning of the page. The page begins with merely two sentences introducing social learning theory. We decided that we should delete the introductory sentences and add the following two paragraphs to compose of the introduction paragraphs:

Social learning theory is a perspective that states that social behavior (any type of behavior that we display socially) is learned primarily by observing and imitating the actions of others. The social behavior is also influenced by being rewarded and/or punished for these actions.

Social learning theory was derived in an attempt by Robert Sears and other scholars to merge psychoanalytic and stimulus-response learning theory into an inclusive explanation of human behavior. Sears and the others draw their conclusions off of the clinical richness of the former and the rigor of the latter. Albert Bandura, conversely, abandoned the psychoanalytic and drive features of the approach. His approach emphasized on cognitive and information-processing capabilities that facilitate social behavior. Both theories proposed were envisioned as a general context for the understanding of human behavior, but Bandura’s theory provided a stronger theoretical beginning.

The theory section of social learning theory should include brief statements to reinforce the information on how behaviors are affected; by explaining in-depth detail about the behaviors discussed. According to Bandura and Walters’s 1963 review on Social Learning Theory, human learning takes place as individuals abstract information from observing behavior of others. The factors of social learning are using symbols and engaging with intentional actions. This is proven by the models Bandura used to help build his theory of social learning of attention, retention, reproduction, and motivation. Bandura uses these complex behaviors of reciprocal determinism to help illustrate the interactive effect of various factors such as the environment, behavior, and internal events that influence perspectives. The attention, retention, reproduction, and motivational processes of the theory are from the observer and events characteristics which are stated by another article by Bandura in 1986. Bandura’s theory helps reinforce the diagram of Miller and Dollard, which was proposed in 1941 from their behavioral interpretation.

Information stated from several other sources all share the same common perspective of information describing those particular factors of the social learning. In addition, self-assurance and imitating behaviors are common to this theory and are sufficient for learning an individual’s actions. Also, experiences are very important to a person’s actions and social learning, as depicted by the Bobo doll experiment. This experiment should include another example about how unethical and morally wrong it was because the children were trained to be aggressive. Worthman and Loftus stated, “It is not surprising that the children had long-term implications because of the methods imposed in this experiment.” One way social learning occurs is through social information processing: decode, decide/respond, and judge effect.

In some sections of the criminology section of social learning theory there are a few statements that need citation. In some cases, those same statements are from similar websites stating how criminal behavior is learned and/or transmitted. The statement made is that those criminal behaviors are not learned, but somewhat inherited. According to the statement about, “how television is monitored by parents” needs more detail or examples about television affecting kid’s behavior. Feshbach and R.D. Singer believed that television actually decreases the amount of violence in children. They conducted an experiment about how juvenile boys react to violent shows. Studies show that the juvenile boys that viewed the non-violent shows were more likely to exhibit aggressive behavior than the juvenile boys that witnessed the violent shows. Sutherland believes individuals learn criminal behavior while in their adolescence from family members and peers. Akers stated positive rewards and the avoidance of punishment helps reinforced aggression.5

Social learning theory. (2012). Retrieved from http://www.alleydog.com/glossary/definition.php?term=Social Learning Theory

Grusec, J. E. (1992). Social learning theory and development psychology: The legacies of robert sears and albert bandura. Retrieved from http://www.psy.cmu.edu/~siegler/35grusec92.pdf

Social learning theory. (1996, May 3). Retrieved from http://condor.admin.ccny.cuny.edu/~hhartman/Overview of Bandura's Theory.htm

Culatta, R. (2012). Social learning theory. Retrieved from http://www.instructionaldesign.org/theories/social-learning.html

Isom, M. D. (1998, November 30). The social learning theory. Retrieved from http://www.criminology.fsu.edu/crimtheory/bandura.htm

Leesville70 (talk) 21:18, 20 November 2012 (UTC) Mastkes (talk) 21:30, 20 November 2012 (UTC)

Vicarious learning

This article should use the term "vicarious learning", learning by seeing other people receiving positive reinforcement for their actions. Vorbee (talk) 07:56, 15 June 2020 (UTC)

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Why Not Merge With Observational Learning?

This page and the Observational learning page talk about what amounts to be the same thing: Learning from seeing others. I'm sure there's probably a few good reasons to not merge them, but I can't think of any offhand. Shadow Queen7890 (talk) 16:45, 9 June 2023 (UTC)