Marie Downing
Walden University
Richard W. Riley School of Education and Leadership
EdD Student
EDUC 8101
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Born December 4, 1925 in Canada
He and his family struggled through many
hardships during his younger years
He attended his elementary through high
school years at the only school in town.
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The school had very limited resources.
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He attended the University of British Columbia
in Vancouver
He went on to study psychology at the
University of Iowa where he earned a M.A.
degree in 1951 and a Ph.D. degree in clinical
psychology 1952
In 1953, he joined the faculty of Stanford
University where he remained throughout his
long career
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Theories on behaviorism are derived from
several different theorists
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Edward L. Thorndike, B.F. Skinner, and others.
Assumptions include:
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Environment shapes behavior
Reinforcement increases probability of desired action
being repeated
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Examples of social learning situations include
television commercials.
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Bandura’s theory of learning takes into account
three things
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The person
The person’s environment
The person’s psychological processes
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Observational learning
 Attention
 Retention (memory)
 Behavioral reversal
 Motivation
Enactive
learning
Learning from the outcomes of a person’s
personal actions
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Incentive motivators
 A trip to the park if a task or assignment is
completed
Vicarious
motivators
•Observed positive outcomes
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Can we think of ways that Bandura’s
theory can be applied to teaching
and learning?
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One problem with social learning is that it is
difficult to predict what all individuals will
perceive as positive.
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