Observational Learning Outline

Chapter 5
Learning
Chapter Outline
Observational Learning

Observational Learning: (3rd major way we learn) The acquisition of new forms of behavior, information, or concepts through exposure to others and the consequences they experience.
A. Direct attention to appropriate models.
B. Remember what they have said or done
C. Production processes: converting memory representations into appropriate actions.
1. depends on physical abilities
2. depends on capacity to monitor own performance and adjust it until it matches that of the model.

D. Motivation