PSYC 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 31: Mirror Neuron, Observational Learning, Social Forces

• School: McGill University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 100
• Professor: Jens Pruessner

Document Summary

Learning can be passed on through cultural transmission. Meme: a unit of knowledge transferred among generations within a culture, they can spread quickly, by watching other"s behaviours. Differences in learning between asians (knowledge is a must, if we work hard we can get it) and. Observational learning: occurs when behaviours are acquired or modified following exposure to others performing the behaviour. Bandura"s observational studies: work on observational learning done in the 1960s. Preschool children were showed a film of an adult playing a doll called bobo. Children who watched adults play aggressively with the doll were 2x more likely to play aggressively with it. This means that exposing children to violence may encourage them to act aggressively. Mineka: monkeys trained in the lab aren"t afraid of snakes, but when they see the wild monkeys" reactions of fear; they begin to fear as well.