A psychologist conducted a study on observational learning. As part of the procedure, she showed a group of 9-year-old children a video of a 9-year-old boy carefully sharing his limited supply of colored markers with another child who had none. While the children watched the video, the psychologist commented on how incredibly kind and generous the boy was. Later, the children were placed individually in a room with a drawing task, given a large pack of markers, and paired with a companion child who had no markers. The psychologist then observed how the children behaved.
Outline what is meant by social learning theory and explain how social learning might have occurred in the study described above.
248 exam-style questions on AQA A Level Psychology Approaches in Psychology, covering Learning approaches, Cognitive approach, Biological approach, Psychodynamic approach (A-level only), Humanistic Psychology (A-level only), and Comparison of approaches (A-level only). Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.