Questions and lessons can't be printed or saved as a PDF.
More, if you want it
How does the patient learn the new behaviour?Tap a term: its definition, what you can do with it, and how often the exam asks it.
Definition: learning by watching someone else and copying the behaviour.
You can: Tell modelling from a theory with a judging step by its four needs: attention, remembering, reproducing and motivation.
Definition: learning by observing, imitating and being reinforced for modelled behaviour.
You can: Name social learning theory when a child copies a gender role that adults reward.
Definition: less of a behaviour after seeing a model punished for the behaviour.
You can: Tell vicarious punishment from copied aggression by whether the watched model was punished.
Definition: skills a child can achieve only with guided support.
You can: Tell the zone of proximal development from independent skill by whether the child needs guided help.
Each card is one term. The grey line is what the patient says, which is what the question stem gives.
Summary
Modelling, also called observational learning, is learning by watching someone else and then copying the behaviour.
Modelling, also called observational learning, is learning by watching someone else and then copying the behaviour. Modelling needs attention, remembering what was seen, the ability to reproduce the behaviour, and to copy it.
Attention to the behaviour comes first. Without attention, the child cannot remember, copy or act. The observer stores the behaviour as a picture and as meaning. Retention and rehearsal keep the memory. Later the observer copies the behaviour with their own movements. Ngozi says, "I want to write it like she does." Check each option against the needs of modelling and reject any extra step.
Ngozi, a schoolgirl, sits in a Birmingham classroom learning to write her name. She watches her older cousin form each letter.
Watching someone use heroin or light a cigarette can set off strong craving in a person with substance problems. Observation changes the watcher's behaviour.
Candidates add a step where the child judges the model before copying. Modelling has no separate step of consciously judging the model.
Mnemonic
Model cousin, praise role, punish classmate, hold hand. Cue: play house and copies her
Model cousin is modelling, where a child watches and copies. Praise role is social learning theory, where adults reward a gender role. Punish classmate is vicarious punishment, where the watcher does less after seeing the model punished. Hold hand is the zone of proximal development, where a child succeeds only with guided help.
5 more sections on Modelling, social learning and the zone of proximal development
Log in free to read the rest: the full mental model, exam recognition, and the look-alikes that trip people up. Your daily session is free, always.
mrcpsych.co.uk · An independent study tool · not affiliated with the Royal College of Psychiatrists