Family/Relationships and Social Development

“I thought that this picture accurately represents Bandura’s social learning theory. Whenever I went through any type of phase whether it be clothing or music taste, my little sister went through it too. She saw what I liked or preferred and mimicked a similar thing.” 

“When I was very young my little sister and I (mostly me) stole muffins that my mom had just baked. We then ran away with them and proceeded to munch on them until we were eventually caught by my mom. In this situation my sister displayed Bandura’s Social Learning Theory because she learned this bad habit or act through watching what I did. She went along with it and overall responded to me because I was someone she could relate to. Her observational learning is what caused her, in this instance (and numerous others throughout our lives), to do what I did,”