Researchers investigated male and female beliefs regarding how to provide emotional comfort to a distressed close friend.
In the first part of their study, they asked 22 males and 19 females to write down five gestures or supportive statements they believe people of their own sex use when attempting to comfort a friend going through a difficult time.
Using research evidence, explain how far social learning theory could account for the findings of the comforting a distressed friend 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.