Educational Psychology

Social cognitive theory expands social learning theory to include cognitive factors such as, beliefs, expectations, and perceptions of self.  It is a dynamic system that explains human adaptation, learning, and motivation.  Social cognitive theory combines parts of behavioral and cognitive theories.  According to the social cognitive theory, one can learn by observing, and learning is an internal behavior.  Both cognition and motivation are required for learning.  Reciprocal influences include personal, environmental, and behavioral factors.  All three factors influence and are influenced by each other. According to Albert Bandura, children learn by observing and modeling the behaviors of others.  He conducted an experiment using a Bobo doll to prove his theory.  Watch the video below to learn more about the Bobo Doll experiment and the social cognitive theory. As you learned from watching the video, the BoBo Doll experiment did concl...

Learning is extremely complex, but understanding the cognitive views of learning helps us to understand how the brain works and how we learn.  The cognitive view says that knowledge is learned, and changes in knowledge make changes in behavior possible.  This view also suggests that one of the most important elements in the learning process is knowledge that the individual brings to the learning situation.  The brain impacts and is impacted by learning.  Memory also plays an important role in learning, however memory can be just as complex as learning. The video below helps us to understand how the memory works: As the video explains a lot of information we come in contact with is forgotten.  Both the sensory memory and short-term memory forget a lot of information, and can only store a small amount of information at a time.  Our brains function much like a computer functions. According to an article by Sarah Mae Sincero (2011),  https:...