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IMITATIVE LEARNING [1 record]

Record 1 2002-08-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Social Psychology
  • Group Dynamics
  • Educational Psychology
DEF

Bandura's concept for the process of reproducing behaviors learned through the observation of others.

CONT

[Social learning theory is] a theory proposing that social development occurs through observing other people's behavior and modeling oneself on this behavior.

OBS

Modeling and imitation are kinds of learning from observation, as are shadowing and tagging along an expert.

Key term(s)
  • shadowing
  • tag along

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie sociale
  • Dynamique des groupes
  • Psychologie scolaire
DEF

Processus d'acquisition d'un comportement par observation. Le sujet peut copier, ou imiter les actions, les attitudes et les réponses émotives des autres.

OBS

Selon [la théorie de l'apprentissage social] le développement social s'opère par l'observation du comportement des autres et par le modelage de soi sur ce comportement.

OBS

La désensibilisation, le modelage et l'inondation sont actuellement les méthodes les plus couramment utilisées par les thérapeutes du comportement.

OBS

«modeling»/modelage : adoptés par le Comité de normalisation de la terminologie des services sociaux.

Spanish

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