In Bandura's experiments, watching a video of an aggressive model produced similar effects to live modeling. This supports which concept?

In Bandura's experiments, watching a video of an aggressive model produced similar effects to live modeling. This supports which concept?

• A. Observational Learning
• B. Classical Conditioning
• C. Genetic Determinism
• D. Innate Reflexes

Answer: (A)

Observational learning shows you can learn new behaviors by watching others and then imitate them. In Bandura’s work, children who watched a video of an adult behaving aggressively toward a Bobo doll later imitated that aggressive behavior, even though the model wasn’t present to be reinforced. This shows that learning can occur by observing a model through media like video, not just through direct experience with a live person. It highlights that attention to the model, memory of what was seen, the ability to reproduce the behavior, and motivation to imitate (often shaped by expected consequences) can drive learning without direct reinforcement at the time of observation. The other options don’t fit because classical conditioning involves forming associations between stimuli, not learning by observation; genetic determinism attributes behavior to genes rather than learned by watching others; and innate reflexes are automatic, unlearned responses rather than learned actions from modeling.

Observational learning shows you can learn new behaviors by watching others and then imitate them. In Bandura’s work, children who watched a video of an adult behaving aggressively toward a Bobo doll later imitated that aggressive behavior, even though the model wasn’t present to be reinforced. This shows that learning can occur by observing a model through media like video, not just through direct experience with a live person. It highlights that attention to the model, memory of what was seen, the ability to reproduce the behavior, and motivation to imitate (often shaped by expected consequences) can drive learning without direct reinforcement at the time of observation.

The other options don’t fit because classical conditioning involves forming associations between stimuli, not learning by observation; genetic determinism attributes behavior to genes rather than learned by watching others; and innate reflexes are automatic, unlearned responses rather than learned actions from modeling.