A researcher carried out a study on social learning. As part of the procedure, she showed children aged 5-6 years a video of a 5-year-old girl carefully placing empty plastic bottles into a green recycling bin. Whilst the children watched the video, the researcher commented on how helpful and caring the girl was. After the children had watched the video, the researcher brought empty plastic bottles and a green recycling bin into the room and observed how the children behaved. Outline what is meant by social learning theory and explain how social learning might have occurred in the procedure described above.
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