Exam 10: Observational Learning

Those who are most likely to learn from observing a model are probably _______.

Little of classroom learning is observational.

Whether children imitate an aggressive model depends largely on ________.

The operant learning model of observational learning takes the _________.

In the Thompson and Russell two-mat study, children who observed a model __________.

Experiments on asocial observational learning raise the question of the extent to which the social variety is truly social.

In a study by Hopper and colleagues, some observers watched a model slide a door and retrieve a desired item. Other observers saw the door slide in the absence of a model, revealing the desired item. The latter procedure is called the __________ condition.

The tendency to imitate modeled events that are irrelevant to solving a problem is called _______.

According to the author of your text, observational learning involves observing

If the consequences of a model's behavior strengthen the observer's tendency to behave in a similar manner, we say that the behavior has been _______ .

You hold the patent on a special beard-trimming razor, so it is to your advantage if beards are popular. How would you use modeling to increase the popularity of beardsinferred) Answers should indicate that students recognize the importance of modeling and model characteristics.

Bandura says that observational learning involves four processes. One of these is _______.

Herbert and Harsh demonstrated observational learning in cats.

Of the following terms, the one most associated with Bandura's theory is ________.

Research suggests that humans tend to imitate behavior that is irrelevant to obtaining reinforcers.

Judith Fisher and Mary Harris found that if a model wore an eye patch, observers learned _______.

If an observer watches a well-trained model perform a response, the procedure is not really observational learning.

Models who are not proficient at the skill they demonstrate are called unskilled or _______ models.

Why has observational learning received less attention than other forms of learning?

How might a person acquire superstitious behavior through observing a modelive an example. (inferred) Superstitious behavior is presumably no different from other behavior as far as observational learning is concerned. If a model's superstitious behavior is repeatedly reinforced, it is likely to be imitated by an observer.