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GCSE Psychology · key term
An explanation of learning through observing other people and imitating their behaviour, particularly when they are rewarded.
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Revise: Theories of AddictionBandura's social learning theory explains how someone can learn behaviour by observing and imitating a role model. People are more likely to copy someone they admire or identify with, especially if that person's behaviour appears to bring rewards.
Paper 1
Albert Bandura’s explanation that behaviour can be learnt by observing and imitating others, influenced by the consequences of their actions.
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Social learning theory, developed by Albert Bandura, explains how people learn behaviour by observing and imitating others. Applied to criminality, it suggests that criminal or anti-social behaviour can be learnt through social experience rather than being something a person is simply born with.
