social learning
What social learning means in Psychology A-Level, as defined for AQA, OCR.
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Reference: OCR
Learning that extends behaviourism by including mental processes such as attention, retention, reproduction and motivation.
A theoretical mechanism by which commercials influence young viewers through modelling, such as vicarious reinforcement.
Shifting preschoolers' vegetable choices by seating them beside peers who preferred the other vegetable.
Topics that use social learning
- Eating behaviour (AQA A-Level)
- Section B: Areas, perspectives and debates (OCR A-Level)
- Section B: Option 1 Child psychology (OCR A-Level)
Related terms
- adolescent brain development
- application to education
- biological reductionism
- Boundary model
- Cognitive distortions and irrational beliefs
- content analysis
- defining intelligence
- development of attachment
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