-Isiah Pringle
Sunday, December 5, 2010
Observatinal Learning
after going home for thanksgiving break recently i realized one of the psychological concepts in observational learning was one that is used often when it come to children. during large family gathering the children are always paying close attention to and copying the adults. for example, my uncle was appalled by a football call and blurted an inappropriate word and soon after my little cousin repeated the word. although at the time it was a funny experience, it was one that explained first hand the affect that observing other has on molding another persons life no matter what age the observer is.
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Family gatherings are opportune times for children to employ observational learning. For example, children who typically try to feel "grown up" watch adults to act like a grown up as well. For example, one of my cousins, who is nine years old, always tries to be a grown up. When going to a family party, for example, she watches how my aunt dresses and decides that she too must dress like that. She also has been one of those children who has received a phone call home for putting make up on at school because she has watched her mom do so every morning. As a result, I feel that observational learning in general is very noticeable, above all, in childhood.
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