Social Learning – Reflection

• The social learning theory makes a lot of sense to me.
• I really agree with the model and imitation aspect of the theory. I believe I learn best, especially with basketball, if I can see the model first and then imitate what was being done.
• Another aspect that really stood out to me is that social interaction plays a fundamental role in the process of mental development. Without interacting with others I don’t think its possible to truly learn in this world. I believe that interacting with others and learning from their experiences really help shape a person.
• As humans I think we really do learn from observing the behaviors of others and observing the outcomes of those behaviors. If I see someone run down a hill of ice and slip, I know to either carefully walk down that hill or avoid the hill all together so the same outcome won’t occur.
• The last class activity we did when we had to do a mini knowledge base on social learning really helped me understand this theory.