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UNIT I
PSYCHOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS OF EDUCATION

MODULE 9
Basic Theory of Learning:
ALBERT BANDURA’S SOCIAL LEARNING THEORY

Objectives:

 Understand and explain clearly what Bandura's Social Learning Theory means.
 Discover that people learn through observation.
 That learning does not necessarily lead to change behavior.

Albert Bandura is an influential social cognitive psychologist who is perhaps best-known for
his social learning theory, the concept of self-efficacy, and his famous Bobo doll experiments.
He is a Professor Emeritus at Stanford University and is widely regarded as one of the greatest
living psychologists.

Social Learning Theory
• also called as Observational Learning
• theory that emphasizes learning through observation of others
• we learn not only how to perform a behavior but also what will happen to us in a specific
situation if we do perform it
• Observational learning is not the same as pure imitation of another behavior.
• Observational learning occurs as a result of witnessing another person but is performed
later and cannot be explained as having been taught in any other way.
• This type of learning also encompasses the concept of behavior avoidance as a result of
seeing another person behave in a certain way and receive a negative consequence.
Types of Observational Learning Effects
• Inhibition - Learning NOT to do something because the model refrains from the behavior.
A response that otherwise may be made is changed when the observer sees a model
being punished.
• Disinhibition - A reduction in fear by observing a model's behavior go unpunished in a
feared activity. To learn to exhibit a behavior that is usually disapproved of by most people
because a model does the same without being punished. A person acts in a way that is
not appropriate to a situation, gets easily distracted or behaves very impulsively.
Disinhibited behavior occurs when people do not follow the social rules about what or
where to say or do something. People who are disinhibited may come across as rude,
tactless or even offensive. Examples: A person with a brain injury may make a comment
about how ugly another person is, or a person with dementia may have lost their social
manners and look as though they are deliberately harassing another person.

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