EDUC 240 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Situated Cognition, Social Learning Theory, Long-Term Memory
26 May 2020
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These become part of our memory structures and affect our ability to successfully apply what we have learned both facilitating and obstructing performance depending on circumstances. The aspects of the situation that are encoded are, if you like, conditions of applicability. Three key components: observation learning by observing the actions of others and the consequences, four key critical elements: attention, retention, reproduction, Judgments people have about their ability to successfully perform a specific task. Influenced by four sources of information in order of importance: task performance outcomes, observation, verbal persuasion & social influence, physiological/emotional state. People who hold a low view of themselves will credit their achievements to external factors rather than to their own capabilities. (albert bandura: self- management. Managing one"s own behaviour through a series of internal processes: observe personal behaviour, as well as the behaviour of others, setting performance goals, assessing personal progress, rewarding oneself for goal achievement, concepts: self-regulation, metacognition.
