MODULE 8 NEO
BEHAVIORISM:TOLMAN AND
BANDURA
NEO BEHAVIORISM
PEOPLE CREATE MENTAL MAPS OF THINGS
THEY PERCEIVED.
MENTAL MAPS,HELP INDIVIDUAL TO
RESPOND OTHER THINGS OR TASK LATER
IF THEY SEE SIMILARITY. [Link] ACTIVITY
BEHAVIORISTIC- RESPONDING BY TRIAL
AND ERROR.
COGNITIVE PERSPECTIVE-RESPONSE
BECOMES INTERNALLY DRIVEN.
TWO THEORIES REFLECTING NEO
BEHAVIORISM
1. EDWARD TOLMANS PURPOSIVE
BEHAVIORISM
2. ALBERT BANDURAS SOCIAL LEARNING
THEORY
. THESE THEORIES WERE INFLUENCED BY
BEHAVIORISM (FOCUSED ON EXTERNAL
ELEMENTS) BUT THEIR PRINCIPLES SEEM
ALSO TO BE REFLECTIVE ON THE
COGNITIVE PERSPECTIVE (FOCUSED MORE
OIN INTERNAL ELEMENTS)
TOLMANS PURPOSIVE
BEHAVIORISM
CALLED AS SIGN LEARNING THEORY
LINK [Link] AND
COGNITIVE THEORY
TOLMANS THEORY WAS FOUNDED
ON TWO PSYCHOLOGICAL
VIEWS;GESTALT PSYCHOLOGIST AND
JOHN WATSON,THE BEHAVIORIST.
TOLMANS PURPOSUVE
BEHAVIORISM
TOLMANS FORM OF BEHAVIOR
STRESSED THAT [Link]
STIMULI RATHER THAN STIMULUS
RESPONSE.
NEW STIMULUS (SIGN) BECOMES
ASSOCIATED WITH ALREADY
MEANINGFUL STIMULI (SIGNIFICATE).
EX. MAZE A (SIGNIFICATE);MAZE B
(SIGN)
TOLMANS KEY CONCEPT
LEARNING IS ALWAYS PURPOSIVE
AND GOAL-DIRECTED.
COGNITVE MAPS IN RATS TOLMANS
FAMOUS EXPERIMENTS.
LATENT LEARNING
CONCEPT OF INTERVENING VARIABLE
REINFORCEMENT NOT ESSENTIAL
FOR LEARNING.
ALBERT BANDURAS SOCIAL
LEARNING THEORY
FOCUSES ON THE LEARNING THAT
OCCURS WITHIN A SOCIAL CONTEXT.
[Link] OF SOCIAL LEARNING
THEORY:
1. PEOPLE CAN LEARN BY OBSERVING
THE [Link] OTHERS AND THE
OUTCOME OF THOSE BEHAVIORS.
2. LEARNING CAN OCCUR WITHOUT A
CHANGE IN BEHAVIOR.
[Link] OF SOCIAL LEARNING THEORY
[Link] PLAYS A ROLE IN
LEARNING.
[Link] LEARNING THEORY CAN BE A
BRIDGE OR A TRANSITION
[Link] AND COGNITIVE
THEORIES.
HOW THE ENVIRONMENT REINFORCES
AND PUNISHES MODELLING
THE OBSERVER REINFORCED BY THE
MODEL.
THE OBSERVER REINFORCED BY A
THIRD PERSON.
THE IMITATED [Link] LEADS THE
REINFORCING CONSEQUENCES.
CONTEMPORARY SOCIAL LEARNING PERSPECTIVE
OF REINFORCEMENT AND PUNISHMENT
[Link] THEORY PROPOSES
THAT BOTH REINFORCEMENT AND
PUNISHMENT HAVEINDIRECT
EFFETCS IN LEARNING.
[Link] EXPECTATION OF
REINFORCEMENT INFLUENCES
COGNITIVE PROCESSES THAT
PROMOTE LEARNING.
COGNITIVE FACTORS IN SOCIAL
LEARNING
[Link] WITHOUT PERFORMANCE
[Link] PROCESSING DURING
LEARNING
[Link]
[Link] CAUSATIONS
[Link]
TYPES OF MODEL:
[Link] MODELACTUAL PERSONS
DEMONSTRATING BEH.
TYPES OF MODEL
[Link] MODELACTION
PORTRAYED IN SOME OTHER MEDIUM
SUCH AS T.V,VIDEOTAPE,COMPUTER
PROGRAMS.
CONDITIONS NECESSARY FOR
EFFECTIVE MODELLING TO OCCUR:
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[Link] REPRODUCTION
EFFECTS OF MODELLING
BEHAVIOR
TEACHES NEW BEHAVIOR
INFLUENCES THE FREQUENCY OF
PREVIOUSLY LEARNED BEHAVIOR.
ENCOURAGED PREVIOUSLY
FORBIDDEN BEHAVIORS.
INCREASES THE FREQUENCY OF
SIMILAR BEHAVIORS.
EDUCATIONAL IMPLICATIONS OF SOCIAL
LEARNING THEORY (CLASSROOM USE)
1. STUDENTS OFTEN LEARN A GREAT
DEAL SIMPLY BY OBSERVING OTHER
PEOPLE.
2. DESCRIBING THE CONSEQUENCES
OF BEHAVIORS CAN EFFECTIVELY
INCREASE THE APPROPRIATE AND
INAPPROPRIATE BEHAVIORS.
3. MODELLING PROVIDES AN
ALTERNATIVE TO SHAPING FOR
TEACHING NEW BEHAVIORS.