Transcript Observational Learning

Punishment
• Controversies and difference in delineation
• Positive and Negative punishment
Punishment and Parenting
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Decreases frequency
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Behavior is suppressed, not forgotten
Teaches discrimination
Teaches fear
Models aggression as way to cope with
problems
• most effective use of punishment is when
paired with reinforcement
It’s all about motivation…
• Intrinsic vs. extrinsic
Observational Learning
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v
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I. Cognitive learning and Operant
Conditioning
• Emphasizes the role of mental processes
a. Insight learning
• Wolfgang K, Mentality of Apes
• Sudden awareness of solution to a
problem
– Ex: using a short stick to reach a longer stick
to reach some fruit
b. Latent learning
• Learning in the absence of apparent
reward (aka EXPECTATION)
Latent learning example
• rats explore a maze will develop a
cognitive map, even when there is neither
reward nor motivation for learning
Observational Learning
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8xCgC
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c. Observational learning
• Learning that takes place by watching
another individual model the learning task
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h
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• Albert Bandura (bobo the clown)
– Implications for humans
– Ex: potential neg. effects of violent TV or pos.
effects for children with appropriate role
models
Brown Eye vs. Blue Eye
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pv8mCHbOrs
• Conclusion?
• Prosocial vs antisocial
– “do as I say, not as I do” teaches what?
Social Learning and Media
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What are we learning from the cartoons
we watch?
What information do children take in?
– Where does Piaget’s research fit in here?
1. Little Mermaid:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InFLnz
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Smoking and Cartoons
Innuendo in cartoons
• Shrek
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8tPpS
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Themes from Cartoons
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMZfCar
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Racism in cartoons
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vaFTW
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