Researchers investigated the strategies male and female junior executives use when handling interpersonal conflict with colleagues in high-stress corporate environments.
In the study, they asked 24 male and 24 female junior executives to describe their typical response when a colleague publicly challenges their project proposals during a board meeting.
Using research evidence, explain how far social learning theory could account for the findings of the responses to workplace conflict study.
205 exam-style questions on Edexcel A Level Psychology Content, covering Main features of classical conditioning, Pavlov (1927) salivation in dogs, Main features of operant conditioning, Properties of reinforcement, Behaviour modification and shaping, Main features of social learning theory, Social learning stages, Bandura (1961, 1963) Bobo doll experiments, Bandura (1965) vicarious reinforcement, Learning theories and phobias, Treatments for phobias, Individual differences, and Developmental psychology. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.