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Social Cognitive Theory
By: Lily Rappeport & Yessica Villanueva

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Key People Associated with the
Theory
 Albert Bandura: proposed social learning and made the theory
 Neal E. Miller and John Dollard: prosed earlier theories and
books on behavior and learning

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Key Points of the Theory
 This theory states that people learn by observing other people and how they
act
 Bandura discovered that personality is an interaction between ones behavior,
environment, and psychological processes
 The Four Necessary Conditions
• Factors that raise or lower the
1. Attention
amount of observation paid
• Remembering what it was that you
2. Retention
want to observe
3. Reproduction • Imitating the image
4. Motivation • A reason to imitate

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BoBo Doll Experiment (1961)
 36 males and 36 females ranging from the age of 3 to 6
years
 3 groups each with 12 boys and 12 girls.
 First group: the control group, did not have an adult role
model
 Second group: adult model who displayed aggressive
behavior
 Third group: adult model who displayed passive behavior

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BoBo Doll Experiment (1961)
 Group 1: children sat alone in a room for 10 minutes and
interacted with different toys
 Group 2: the adult sat in the corner of the room with some toys
that the children were not allowed to touch. After 2 minutes of
playing with the toys, the adult would attack the BoBo doll both
physically and verbally for 10 minutes.
 Group 3: the adult just sat and played with the toys quietly for
10 minutes.

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Bobo Doll Experiment
 Conclusion: Bandura found that children who were exposed to
the violent behavior of the adult models were more likely to be
aggressive than those who were not. These children were
significantly more violent with the BoBo doll than the children
who had a passive adult model.
 This shows that children do indeed learn through imitation.

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Classroom Implications- Teacher
 A teacher can model things that a student should be doing in a
classroom
 Examples with technology
 When introducing students to a new website that has a
complicated login process a teacher can use a projector to show
the students how to do it
 Examples without technology
 Modeling how students should write a paper by showing an
example of one that received a high grade from a past student
 When doing a science experiment a teacher can model the
experiment to show students how the ending result should look

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Classroom Implications- Student
 With technology: Students learn how to use smart boards and
other interactive devices simply by watching their teachers use
them. Students can also learn how to make PowerPoints, for
example, just by watching their teacher perform the steps.
 Without tehnology: Students often imitate other students'
behaviors. For example, a student who is not as well liked may
act out just because he sees that the popular kids do it and are
accepted for it. Students can also imitate good behavior. If a
student gets praised for doing exemplary work, other students
may work harder or change their study habits to achieve the
same praise.

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Citations
1. http://sw654spring2011group2.wikispaces.com/file/view/alber
t-bandura.jpg/222740390/albert-bandura.jpg
2. http://www.med.yale.edu/library/historical/bicentennial/1910/
CoopResIHRweb.jpg
3. http://www.learning-theories.com/social-learning-theory-
bandura.html
4. http://explorable.com/bobo-doll-experiment.html
5. http://students.cis.uab.edu/sarahlr/bobo%20doll.jpg