Role of Mediational Processes

What is SLT often described as?

The bridge between traditional learning theory and the cognitive approach

Why is SLT described as that?

It focuses on how mental factors are involved in learning.

What do these mental factors mediate in?

The learning process to determine whether a new response is acquired.

What are the 4 mediational processes in learning identified by Bandura?

Attention, retention, motor reproduction, motivation.

What's attention?

The extent to which we notice certain behaviours

What's retention?

How well the behaviour is remembered

What's motor reproduction?

The ability of the observer to perform the behaviour.

What's motivation?

The will to perform the behaviour, which is often determined by whether the behaviour was rewarded or punished

What do attention and retention relate to?

The learning of behaviour

What do motor reproduction and motivation relate to?

The performance of behaviour.

Do the learning and performance need to occur together?

Learning and performance do not need to occur together

What may observed behaviour be?

Stored by the observer and reproduced at a later time