Talk:Observational learning

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Planned Addition
Hello, I wanted to announce on the talk page that I plan to contribute to some of the sections on the Observational Learning page in the upcoming days. These additions will draw from multiple readings in one of my University psychology classes that I think will be extremely relevant to and informative on this page. Thanks for your time. Hannah.beck (talk) 00:29, 29 May 2014 (UTC)

Expert needed
I am not a psychologist, but the book I'm currently reading states that Skinner's behaviourist model of learning is outdated. We need an expert! -- Tarquin


 * a semi-permanent change in behavior that results from experience, three sub-topics have been derived from learning; classical, operant and observational learning.

I finding I need to reformat this page. I'm not a psychologist either but Observational Learning is only a small part of Learning. Or at least as its presented here as social learning. Learning as an encyclopedic entry requires more. tis is annoying...sunja 13:27, 19 Feb 2004 (UTC)


 * OK sorry. I'm just going to initiate a change of the redirect of learn to the learning page. Then people can come here if its their desire.:~) sunja 13:36, 19 Feb 2004 (UTC)

...Typicaly depends on one's method of thinking. Most schools teach for linear thinkers, but there are many other types: relational thinkers, Gestalt thinkers, and visual thinkers. Unfortunately, most people who stray from the norm like this are simply labeled as having a learning disability and swept under the rug. Pusher 19:41, 30 Jul 2004 (UTC)

i am a student that is resarching the observational learning
i am a student that is resarching the observational learning approach to learn if anyone has idea of places to look for good information thanks —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Halltw (talk • contribs) 19:21, 30 January 2007 (UTC).

Separate article for social learning?
It seems to me that there should be a separate article for social learning since observational learning is a specific type of social learning. Check out this paper. EPM 01:59, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

Fictional Illustration of Article Concept
In Kurt Vonnegut's novel, Cat's Cradle, he creates a fictional religion called "Bokononism". One concept is "wrang- wrang", which illustrates a kind of negative modelling (psychology). Below is taken from Bokononism. I'm offering it on the talk page for its amusement value and to stimulate creativity among editors of this page. I'm not sure that it would fit in the article and an internal link would not be specific enough to be clear and helpful.

wrang-wrang "A person who steers people away from a line of speculation by reducing that line, with the example of the wrang-wrang's own life, to an absurdity." DCDuring 15:04, 16 September 2007 (UTC)

Educational assignment
This article is the subject of an educational assignment at King's University College supported by the Wikipedia Ambassador Program during the 2012 Q3 term. Further details are available on the course page. Megborth11 (talk) 22:11, 17 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Welcome!  Lova Falk     talk   08:45, 19 September 2012 (UTC)

Hi, I'm Shanna. I'm in the 2410A course at King's. Speters28 (talk) 17:29, 20 September 2012 (UTC)

I have decided to edit this article for Psychology 2410A at Kings University College 2012. Mpeaslee (talk) 02:14, 20 September 2012 (UTC)

Hello! I am a student and I am new to Wikipedia. I am not very tech-savvy but I have to edit this article for a course project. I apologize in advance for any errors I make, either regarding the technology or otherwise. Dmlcarvalho (talk) 13:58, 19 September 2012 (UTC)


 * Welcome to all of you! As you can see, I put the templates on top of the page, removed the double templates, and put your introductions in the same section.  Lova Falk     talk   18:58, 21 September 2012 (UTC)

Improvements I Am Going To Make To This Article
I am going to use an empirical article entitled Object retrieval through observational learning in 8- to 18-month-old infants, written by R. Esseily, J. Nadel and J. Fagard (2010), to add a new section called Observational Behaviour and Infants. The second addition I plan on making is adding another section entitled Observational Learning and Children With Autism. I am going to use two more empirical articles to help me describe and demonstrate that concept. The first article by A. Tryon and S. Phillips Keane (1986) is called Promoting imitative play through generalized observational learning in autisticlike children. The second article, ''Yes they can! An approach to observational learning in low-functioning children with autism'', is written by J. Nadel, N. Aouka, N. Coulon, A. Gras-Vincendon, P. Canet, J. Fagard, and C. Bursztejn (2011). Mpeaslee (talk) 21:31, 3 October 2012 (UTC)

I changed the title of the first section I was adding to Observational learning and effects on infants to match the other titles already present on the observational learning article page Mpeaslee (talk) 00:44, 1 November 2012 (UTC)

=Evaluation=

I think Mpeaslee (talk) did a great job by incorporating more than one empirical article into Wikipedia, and the explanations of each empirical article is very detailed and well written. The idea of expanding observational learning to a focus on children with autism, was a great addition! The only thing that could have been done differently or added to your improvements would be one of the improvements to be focusing on how to actually change the current article to make it better, not just adding new material. That is the only thing I can see that could have been of more focus, but as for the empirical articles and subsections that were added, I am very impressed with the in depth analysis of each study, looking forward to seeing your final product! Jpotts24 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 18:20, 8 November 2012 (UTC)

Improvement's for King's College University 2410 Course
I am going to edit this article in three ways as a part of an assignment for a child development course I'm taking at King's College University. I will be using an empirical article titled Observational Learning and the Fearful Child: Influence of Peer Models on Swimming Skill Performance and Psychological Responses. It is written by Maureen R. Weiss, Penny McCullag, Alan L. Smith, and Anthony R. Berlant. The first edit I am going to do is add a sub-section in the compared to imitation section. This will consist of a brief summary of the experiment that was conducted in the article I am using. The second edit I am going to do is add a section called Observational Learning and Peer Model Influences which will be about the benefits of peer-models on children's learning, self-confidence, etc. Lastly, the third edit I am going to do is simply clarify how observational learning differs within age groups. 68.232.79.180 (talk) 02:57, 4 October 2012 (UTC)

Hi Shanna--I eventually figured out this was you based on the article you sent me. Don't forget to sign in to sign your name correctly. Paul Conway, Instructor, Introduction to Child Development, Fall 2012, King's University College Canada 00:37, 5 October 2012 (UTC)

My Plan for Improvement
Hello, I need to edit this article for a school project. For my first edit I will be adding a new section regarding Imitation vs. Emulation. For this I will refer to an article by Doreen E. Thompson and James Russell, titled "The Ghost Condition: Imitation vs. Emulation in Young Children's Observational Learning". For my second edit I will expand upon the existing section regarding Albert Bandura's Bobo doll experiment. Lastly, I will expand on the section entitled "Effect on Behaviour" and restructure it into a paragraph. Dmlcarvalho (talk) 06:11, 4 October 2012 (UTC)

I will also delete the current section regarding The Ghost Machine, in order to replace it with my more detailed section on the same study. Dmlcarvalho (talk) 03:52, 31 October 2012 (UTC)

Okay, seeing as the section on Bandura's Bobo doll experiment has since been expanded already by someone else, I just went through and edited a couple minor grammatical errors and added a link to the actual Wiki page for the Bobo doll experiment. Hope I'm doing this right... Dmlcarvalho (talk) 22:44, 31 October 2012 (UTC)

Capital letters
Please, all of you students, sentence case rather than title case is used in Wikipedia article titles and section headings. See: Manual_of_Style/Capital_letters. Otherwise I'll be changing all these capital letters into lower case, which is rather boring... Lova Falk    talk   10:20, 6 October 2012 (UTC)

Cultural differences
I think there is an aspect missing from the current entry into observational learning, in the form of cultural differences both in terms of types of observational learning and also functions (or products) of observational learning. I think I will look into this further, by investigating how other cultures learn through observation, and also how this benefits learning for children. I think evidence would be critical to this aspect. Ellatara (talk) 20:26, 8 November 2012 (UTC)

I agree with Ellatara, this page needs to strive to go beyond mainstream U.S. psychology experiments and look how observation is used differently in different cultures. Especially in cultures where formal schooling is almost nonexistent and observation is the main mode by which children learn. — Preceding unsigned comment added by JMMuro (talk • contribs) 20:37, 15 November 2012 (UTC)

I will now add paragraphs on how observational learning is used, how the structure of society aids this, and provide examples. 169.233.21.246 (talk) 04:07, 27 November 2012 (UTC)

Wiki Education assignment: PSYC 115 General Psychology
— Assignment last updated by RealSpill27 (talk) 19:11, 29 September 2023 (UTC)

Add information about Giacomo Rizzolatti under the Neuroscience Section and More Info under Learning Physical Activites
Under the Neuroscience heading on our Wikipedia page, we will add information about Giacomo Rizzolatti (using Meyers and DeWall- ISBN: 978-1-319-34797-0) and hyperlink his Wikipedia page. This section discusses mirror neurons but doesn’t offer any background.

We will add the missing citation to the Peer Model Influence section from (Shaffer and Kipp- Developmental psychology: Childhood and adolescence. Cengage Learning).

We will also add more information under Learning Physical Activities from Hodges et al.

Change some sentences for grammatical reasons or clarity

--Jumpingjam (talk) 20:43, 20 November 2023 (UTC)