Observational Learning

1. Ayesha Saba

2. Article on Observation learning
 Observation enables us to identify each
child's likes and dislikes and their
responses to different situations such as
care routines or new people. We can find
out which experiences, routines or
activities a child seems to enjoy or to find
difficult and any that seem to make them
anxious.

3. The obvious benefit of observational learning is that it enables the learner to
learn a new skill, meaning this is a cost effective method in the workplace.
Reinforcing positive behaviour: It promotes and enhances workplace morale
as workers learn from each other.

4. To learn, an observer must pay
attention to something in the
environment. They must notice the
model and the behavior occurring.
Attention levels can vary based on
the characteristics of the model and
environment – including the model's
degree of likeness, or the observer's
current mood.

5. The second requirement of
observational learning is being
able to remember the behaviour
that was witnessed. If the human
or animal does not remember the
behaviour, there is a less than
probable chance that they will
imitate it.

6. This requisite of behaviour
concerns the physical and mental
ability of the individual to copy the
behaviour he or she observed. For
instance, a young child may observe
a college basketball player dunk a
ball.

7. the most important aspect of
observational learning involves
motivation. If the human or
animal does not have a reason
for imitating the behaviour,
then no amount of attention,
retention, or reproduction will
overcome the lack of
motivation. Bandura identified
several motivating factors for
imitation

8.  When your children engage in observational learning, there can be both
good and bad outcomes. The most important thing to keep in mind,
however, is that context is essential to observational learning—whether
we're considering positive or negative behaviour's. Children won't simply
imitate every behaviour that they see.

9. According to Bandura's social cognitive learning theory,
observational learning can affect behaviour in many ways, with
both positive and negative consequences. It can teach
completely new behaviour's, for one. It can also increase or
decrease the frequency of behaviour's that have previously been
learned
Albert Bandura's social learning theory suggests that observation
and modeling play a primary role in how and why people learn.
Bandura's theory goes beyond the perception of learning being
the result of direct experience with the environment.