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.
 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
 Edward L. Thorndike, B.F. Skinner, and others.
 Assumptions include:
 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
 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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