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All Observational and Social Cognitive Learning

Accounts of learning from watching and imitating other people, including social cognitive theory, observational learning and video modeling. A theory belongs here when the cited article defines it as learning from observing models. It excludes apprenticeship and community theories, which sit in their own groups. These accounts explain why classroom demonstrations, recorded examples and peer models can teach skills and behavior without any direct instruction or reward.

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Wikipedia: Observational learning
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Observational learning is learning that occurs through observing the behavior of others.
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Video modeling (Wikipedia)
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In the field of education, video modeling (VM) is a mode of teaching that uses video recording and display equipment to provide the student with a visual model of the behaviors or of the skill to be learned.
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Wikipedia: Social cognitive theory
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    Social cognitive theory (SCT), used in psychology, education, and communication, holds that portions of an individual's knowledge acquisition can be directly related to observing others within the context of social interactions, experiences, and outside media influences.
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    Social cognitive theory (SCT), used in psychology, education, and communication, holds that portions of an individual's knowledge acquisition can be directly related to observing others within the context of social interactions, experiences, and outside media influences.
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