Lessons Learned Different lessons can be learned after past experiences and behaviors. From past behaviors, whether they are positive or negative, one can learn from these mistakes. Vicarious reinforcement is how likely one is to perform a behavior due to the previous outcome (Sigelman & Rider, 2015, p. 44). Therefore, actions are learned due to different negative or positive outcomes. Michelle Obama learned from the pressure of her parents on education that success is necessary for some and occasionally it is the only way to become respected. Michelle transferred her own learning to try and teach the American children the importance of education. She learned how to set up a campaign to encourage children to focus and pursue their education …show more content…
They can either adapt to a certain developmental theory, or challenge a theory. Mrs. Obama’s development seems to use Bronfenbrenner’s bioecological model. The Bioecological model suggests that development takes different directions depending on the changing person and environment (Sigelman & Rider, 2015, p. 51). This view believes that nature and nurture are equal in the development of the person (p. 55). Mrs. Obama was raised in a poorer community with the ambition to succeed. Her microsystem includes the important people in her life that influenced the person she is today. The microsystem also includes her biological factors including her race. Her microsystem includes her parents and family. Another main part in the bioecological model for Michelle is the macrosystem. The macrosystem includes socioeconomic status and culture. Mrs. Obama was raised in a working class environment in a small home shared with three other people (Slevin, 2015, p. 39). She grew up without a bedroom and had to sleep in the living room with her brother (p. 39). Michelle did not grow up in a wealthy or even middle class community and her family sometimes struggled to make ends meet. Her race, as an African American, caused different forms of discrimination throughout her life. Each of these aspects influenced the way Mrs. Obama developed and how she sees her world …show more content…
Social learning theory claims that being active in processing information plays a critical role in learning (Sigelman & Rider, 2015, p. 44). This theory includes things like observational learning and latent learning. These are used in order for a child to develop different skills like learning to walk or ride a bike. Some skills are also learned but not performed. I believe that this is the developmental theory I followed due to learning different emotions, ways to act, and skills through watching my parents and imitating them. I show a lot of the same skills and qualities as my parents, so it is only expected that I learned these from
It was hard for Obama to know that his father was the person whom he had the most resemblance in terms of physical appearance and he was never around. There were so many questions and confusions in Obama’s head. His mother was a white woman and he was black. Obama was in the need of finding a community where he would feel welcome. Despite Obama’s traumas produced by the deficiency of his father’s presence Obama proved to be very smart. He was a student at Columbia University. He was one of the few black students that went t...
A Comparison of Psychodynamic and Social Learning in Regards to the Development of Personality "No Works Cited"
She goes on to tell readers of a child's perception of race with other life examples that she learned from her own students. She states that children learn prejudices and stereotypes early on in life from cartoons, story books and their own parents. They are easily susceptible these things even if th...
... for the youth, but he also took into consideration any individual with a rough past. Overall, the central points that made a change in his life were mainly stories of individuals with different backgrounds and different outcomes in life. In addition, Obama saw the value of education in the youth and consequently took action with the school boards to improve the quality of education. Third, he learned to strengthen his faith within improving communities and spiritually. Barack always saw himself, or people he had came across in his life, in these individual stories. Barack knew that the education was poor and lacked quality. Barack learned that with faith many more things were possible. Ultimately, Barack Obama, too, had “the audacity of hope”.
Bandura’s social cognitive theory, relates to the way Student A acts. Bandura’s theory focuses on observational learning like imitating and modeling, which Student A does through out the days I have observed. When the teacher teaches her how to say a word, student A imitates the lip movement and sounds the teacher makes. “People acquire a wide range of behaviors, thought, and feelings through observing others’ behaviors and that these observations form an important part of children’s development” (Santrock, 2010, p. 31). As I observed Student A, I saw how she always focused on what the teacher was doing, she would do exactly what the teacher was doing, on my fourth observation, when they were doing math, student A was doing exactly
By overcoming the racism and rude comments it has made Michelle a more successful person. Here are some examples. Michelle attended Whitney M. Young Magnet High School, the city's first magnet high school for gifted children, were among other activities, she served as the student government treasurer. In 1981, Michelle graduated from the school as class salutatorian. Following in her older brother's footsteps, Michelle then attended Princeton University, graduating cum laude in 1985 with a B.A. in Sociology. She went on to study law at Harvard Law School, where she took part in demonstrations calling for the enrollment and hiring of more minority students and
The social learning theory “states that behavior is learned from the environment through observational learning” (McLeod, 2011). For instance, I saw my mom getting ready for church and eventually I noticed that she put her hair in a ponytail only on Sundays. Furthermore, after seeing her do this so many times I began doing the same thing on Sundays. As a child, I observed her every move and I wanted to imitate her behavior. Through observational learning, I learned what was socially acceptable by watching my mother’s
Lareau’s main argument in the text is that when children grow up in certain environments, parents are more likely to use specific methods of child rearing that may be different from other families in different social classes. In the text, Lareau describes how she went into the home of the McAllisters and the Williams, two black families leading completely different lives. Ms. McAllister lives in a low income apartment complex where she takes care of her two children as well as other nieces and nephews. Ms. McAllister never married the father of her two children and she relies on public assistance for income. She considers herself to be a woman highly capable of caring for all the children yet she still struggles to deal with the stress of everyday financial issues. The Williams on the other hand live in a wealthier neighborhood and only have one child. Mr. W...
Social Cognitive theory is a learning theory, in light of individuals with new practices can be, learned by watching others. They learn by watching others and copying a model. This theory is established from behaviorism, in light of the fact that the theory manages subjective and enthusiastic parts of somebody 's conduct from watching and watching for comprehension behavioral change.
Not only has she graduated from two exceptional Ivy League colleges (Princeton and Harvard), she is also a lawyer. She was raised on the South Side of Chicago, had opportunities to study at prestigious universities, returned to her hometown, married, and raised two beautiful daughters. Unlike Barack, Michelle has two black parents and a black sibling, and she comes from a city readily associated with black life and politics. She even has a family tree that traces back to American slavery. Observers comfortably frame Michelle Obama as angry Sapphire figure, but how is that possible when she is one out of the few mothers who hold degrees from the most reputable schools around the world. Again, her critique was taken as evidence of her ideational anger. Michelle Obama is the most known example of an African American woman who has worked hard to become who she is today and is probably the most idealistic perfect woman. Still the success and difficulty she has experienced in gaining accurate recognition is emblematic, if not typical, of black women’s citizenship struggles. She is still only seen as the stereotypical black woman in the eyes of supremacist even though she has out succeeded the majority of people today. One could assume that Michelle Obama is someone who could be looked to as faultless representation of how black women can achieve and obtain such incredible power. Unfortunately, not even the first lady is respected even with her credentials. For example. there were attempts to frame her with the common trope of hypersexuality. In the heat of the general election fight, Fox News referred to her as “Barack’s baby mama”. Instead she fights strong against these over rationalized comments because she knows she is better than what they say. If Michelle Obama, the First Lady of the United States, is not recognized as credible, than it is clear that no black woman will ever be
There are so many theories that have come about over the years that try to explain why we have a certain personality. Many of these theories were based on the environment at the time and observations. Thinking about those other theories made me realize that many things we do are based on observation and the theory that I feel best suits my personality is the Social-Cognitive Learning Theory that was introduced by Albert Bandura. According to Bandura, the set of cognitive processes by which a person perceives, evaluates, and regulates his or her own behavior so that it is appropriate to the environment and effective in achieving goals (Friedman & Schustack, 2012, pg.236). This theory focuses on the way people learn by observing others and
The definition of the social learning theory is People learn through observing others’ behavior, attitudes, and outcomes of those behaviors. “Most human behavior is learned observationally through modeling: from observing others, one forms an idea of how new behaviors are performed, and on later occasions this coded information serves as a guide for action.” (Learning Theories Knowledgebase ). Most people learn through watching other. As a child, we learn by mocking what we have observed repeatedly. This is how we learn to walk, talk, speak, and to feed ourselves. We also learn social skills from the people around us. We learn right from wrong, we learn what is acceptable in our everyday lives. We also learn societal norms. Most children learn social norms from the family structure. If the family structure is broken or not complete it may cause problems for the children. If the family has only one parent then the family unit suffers. If the child is part of a family that has deviant problems then the child learns that these problems are the norm. This could lead to the child to think that drinking or drugs are normal. It is also a factor if the child observes crime in the family unit. The child learns that crime is normal until they run up against society who states otherwise.
... the self-efficacy and self-esteem of certain individuals, leading to more satisfying and fulfilling life that is built on better personality traits, I feel that Social Learning Theory can be applied to many situations.
The successful application of these theories have been very interdisciplinary in their use, being applicable in the development of disorders and even calculating spending patterns across social groups. Behaviorism and social learning have evolved beyond the original use of solely educational purposes. However, the effectiveness of the behaviorism theory has come into question as an educational approach., L’Ecuyer (2014) explains that the behaviorism approach, “emphasizes the accumulation of information (knowledge), on external behaviors (skills and mechanical habits) and their emotional and physical reactions in given situations, rather than on the person’s internal mental states, such as intentionality, which are much more complex (p.2). The article questions the modern effectiveness of the behaviorism approach on children. I have found that the theory of social learning when paired with the behaviorism theory is still very useful in education, even with the influx of modern technologies. At the very core, behaviorism, both classical and, seeks to explain why humans react to certain stimuli. Operant is more used in socially especially in child rearing, how to effectively discipline and child via reinforcement of positive behaviors or corporal punishment for negative behaviors is still a highly debated topic. Social learning can also heavily influence
As stated "theories of learning are based on the premise that learners construct meanings in their minds and integrate new knowledge into their mental constructs." They broke it into two categories social and cognitive. Cognitive approaches learning from the individual. Social approaches learning from social environment and the learners' participation. I agree that cognitive and social constructivism is how a person learns. But for the purpose of this paper, I would argue that a person depends heavily on learning socially before they can take a cognitive approach to learning. I say this because there are very few times that I can remember that I learned something on my own without any interference from others. For example, When I was 7 years old, I taught myself how to skate. I didn't have a teacher physically teach me how to skate, but I watched others skate and how they kept balanced and mimicked their movement. This can be considered a cognitive approach because I didn't have a physical person show me how to skate, but I consider it a social approach because I learned based off of watching others. It's the same way a baby learns how to speak and walk. Unbeknownst to them they are studying and watching their surroundings and reacting to it. They are hearing and watching their mother or guardian talk and move and attempts to mimics it. This is the reason why I think a cognitive approach to learning is dependent on social approach because if we take a baby out of the environment of social interactions and put them in isolation would they still be able to talk and walk? I personally don't think so because I think social constructivism is emphasized in early development stage because of the importance of an infant developing a relationship with