Definition/Role of learning

Learning is to gain knowledge or understanding of a skill by study, instruction, or experience. Social learning is a theory to explain how people learn behavior. People learn through observing others; imitating and adopting the behavior themselves

Increase in learning   

Learning situations in which the sequence responses of the subject are instrumental in producing reinforcement. When the correct response occurs, which involves the selection from among a repertoire of responses, the subject is immediately reinforced.

According to Social Cognitive Theory, we learn by observing the actions and consequences of others. If we see another person (model) being punished for an action, we will most like not

Goal of learning   

According to Operant Conditioning, the goal of learning reflects a desire to learn new skills, master new tasks, or understand new things. Typically, in order to learn new skills, students often go through a phase of confusion, failure, and discomfort.

According to Social Cognitive Theory, the goal of learning is to learn by observing the actions of others. This concept is best referred to as observational learning.

5 main points of Operant Conditioning             

1 – Operant conditioning occurs when a response is followed by a reinforcing stimulus

2 – Operant conditioning proves to be useful in trying to explain why people do the things that they do. In fact, any behavior can be taught or tailored through operant conditioning.

3 – People can learn through the observation of other people’s behaviors

4 – A person can learn without changing their behavior.

5 – Cognition always plays a role in learning

5 main points of Social Cognitive Theory

1. attempts to understand the process that is involved in explaining how we learn from each other
2. focuses on learning that occurs by direct experience—observing, imitating, and modeling.
3. People learn by observing other’s behaviors and observing or experiencing the consequences of that behavior. 
4. Learning can occur without reinforcement from model or observer.
5. When we observe someone’s behavior we do not imitate the exact same behavior, we imitate some behaviors with our own style.

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