Evaluation to social learning theory

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comprehensive explanation

P - neither CC or OC can offer and adequate account of learning on their own

Ev - humans store information about behaviour of others and use this to make judgements about appropriateness of performing actions

Ex - therefore SLT gives a more comprehensive explanation of human behaviour

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Demand characteristics:

P - Bandura’s ideas were developed by observing young children in lab settings

Ev- e.g. striking the doll because thats what it was designed for

Ex - therefore children may have responded to demand characteristics

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Biological factors:

P - does not acknowledge the influence of biological factors

Ev- consistently showed that boys were more aggressive that girls

Ex - therefore is an incomplete explanation