Things to Remember

Fill in the
blank
A. Vicarious
Conditioning
B. Observational
learning
C. Modeling
1. Boy watching his
grandfather
woodworking
______________.
2. After a father
demonstrates his
child how to tie his
shoe, the child
tries to do it by
itself
______________.
3. If I do that, I will
get rewarded (or
punished) too.
______________.

- We learn many behaviors not by

doing them, but by watching them.
- We learn by watching others in these
three ways: observational learning,
modeling, and vicarious conditioning.
- Young children are sponges,
absorbing everything that goes around
them.
- We are more likely to imitate the
actions of models who are attractive,
have high status, and are somewhat
similar to ourselves.
- Banduras Research:
1. Two groups of preschool children
were shown a film of an adult
playing with a large inflatable doll
called Bobo.
2. One group saw the adult play
quietly with the doll.
3. The other group saw the adult
attack the doll.
Result: When children were allowed
to play with the doll later, those who
had seen the aggressive display were
more than twice as likely to act
aggressively toward the doll.
Conclusion: Exposing children to
violence may encourage them to act
aggressively.
- Meme: each piece of knowledge
about a culture that can be shared.
- Mirror neurons: Fire in your brain
and other persons brain every time
you watch them engaging in an action.

How We
Learn By
Watching
Others 6.4

By: Molly Johnson,

Claudia Jurez, Diana
Pelez, Riley Cavanaugh

Observational Learning

Occurs when an
individual either acquires
or changes a behavior
after viewing at least one
performance of that
behavior

EX: A child learns to play a

game from watching others
play

Learning through
Modeling

The imitation of observed

behavior

EX: Child watches his mom

paint her nails.

Learning through
Vicarious Conditioning

When a person observes

someone else being
rewarded or punished for
a particular behavior, the
observer may learn to
do, or not do, the same
thing.
EX: student A studies,
and student B does not
study. As a result,
student A got a better