Vicarious Learning And Observational Learning

Learning is the process of attaining knowledge that can be obtained in a variety of ways. People learn through their own personal experiences, others experiences, actions, and by being taught. Over the year’s psychologist have categorized these different types of learning into more specific categories such as operant conditioning, vicarious learning and observational learning. These three methods of learning, though they all use different techniques, can affect a person’s behavior.

Operant condition is a form of learning that can be used to change an unhealthy behavior. One unhealthy behavior that it could be used to change is a friend that doesn’t fasten their seat belt when they are in a vehicle. Whenever this friend rides in a vehicle their seatbelt remains untouched and it has

It is an unhealthy behavior that could potentially harm them. The operant behavior that is hoped to be exhibited after operant conditioning is that it becomes habit for them to wear their seatbelt.

Through the use of operant condition, I hope to help this friend reach the desired behavior of wearing a seatbelt. Operant conditioning is a type of learning where the subject learns the desired behavior either through reinforcement or punishment. The unhealthy behavior that this friend has been exhibiting occurs every time they are inside of a vehicle, but after the use of operant conditioning the desired behavior I hope to see is them fastening their seatbelt when they are in a vehicle. One form of operant condition that could be used to change this friend’s unhealthy behavior is positive reinforcement. Positive reinforcement is the addition of something that will encourage the person to repeat a particular behavior. In the case of the unbuckled seatbelt, the variable that I would present to this friend, in association with buckling their seatbelt, would be