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EDUCATIONAL

PSYCHOLOGY
Dr. Brian E. Harper
What will we cover this evening?
 Modeling

 Goals

 Attributions
But first…
 How about an impromptu microteaching
assignment?

 Include the following components:


 An induction (which should get students attention)
 A memory strategy to help students remember what
you’ve taught
 An opportunity for students to practice what they’ve
been taught
 An explanation of why this is an important skill to
learn
What notions undergird sociocognitive
theory
 Reinforcement and punishment are effective
learning tools, even when they are not
administered to you

 In other words, people can learn by watching


others!
What do people learn from models
 Response faciliatation: seeing someone get
reinforced makes you likely to imitate them

 Response inhibition: seeing someone get


punished makes you unlikely to imitate them

 Response disinhibition: seeing someone get


away with something makes you likely to
imitate them
What conditions are necessary to learn
from models?
 Attention

 Retention

 Motor reproduction

 Motivation

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