User:Thatbaddie205/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Observational learning is the article that I evaluated.

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
The reason I choose to evaluate this article is because observational learning to me is a fundamental part in how we as humans learn and function daily. This matters because observational learning is a key aspect when it comes to teaching and reinforcing behaviors and developing new skills. My preliminary impression of this particular article is that it was pretty lengthy, but it provided me with a lot of facts, examples, and most importantly how observational learning is applied across different subjects/topics.

= Evaluate the article. = - The lead section of the article gives a clear description and definition of what observational learning is and how its used as a tool in human and animal development. The lead section is very brief and gets straight to the point of what the article will be about. Overall the lead section here, is just a broad paragraph of what is means to be a observational learner.

- The content within the article is very relevant to the topic of observational learning. There are sub points made about famous experiments and people who are associated with observational learning. The content is very up-to-date, hence the last edit was made on it August 22, 2022.

- The article is neutral, I did not find any biases or claims that swayed from a neutral point of view. There was no indication of trying to persuade the readers to feel a certain type of way. The tone and balance of the article is only to inform and educate about the topic.

- Considering that there are over 61 citations and references, after each fact given there is evidence from secondary sources that are reliable to back it up. There are sources that dates range from 1909 to 2019 so the sources all together are pretty current.

- The article is written clear, professionally, and easy to read and understand. Everything in the article flows together well and the way its organized makes sense as to how to read it. I did not recognize any spelling or grammatical errors. I liked how there were plenty of examples to help gain a clearer understanding of what is mentioned.

- There were images at just about every paragraph but not too much where it felt too distracting. The images had brief captions explaining what was happening in the pictures. The images aren't the most appealing but they are relevant to what it is its describing.

- The article's talk page's conversations mainly consist of college students and people who are studying observational behavior psychology. The article has been rated as mid-importance on the importance scale and start-class on the quality scale and it is within the scope of WikiProject Psychology.

- The article's overall strengths of the article is that there is reliable information and the points are made clear. A weakness I would say is that it was a bit too broad and did not really go into depth about observational learning.