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Social Learning Theory's mediational processes reveal that what happens inside our minds — not just what we observe — determines whether behaviour is imitated, reshaping how we understand human learning.
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Theory Briefing
- Bandura's Social Learning Theory argues that cognition mediates between observation and behaviour, making humans active thinkers, not passive imitators.
- Four mediational processes — attention, retention, motor reproduction, and motivation — determine which observed behaviours are actually adopted.
- Social Cognitive Theory extends this further, placing teacher behaviour and role modelling at the heart of how learning environments shape students.