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According to the principles of observational learning, exposure to violence in television, media, or video games can potentially influence behavior, including promoting violent behaviors.
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Observational learning, also known as social learning or modeling, occurs when individuals learn by observing others ' actions and the consequences of those actions.
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Through observational learning, individuals can acquire new behaviors, skills, attitudes, or values by observing and imitating others.
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This process can occur in different contexts, including exposure to violence in media.
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When individuals repeatedly see violent actions being portrayed and seemingly rewarded in media, it can influence their own behavior, potentially leading to an increased likelihood of aggressive or violent behaviors.
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An example of observational learning from the media could be a child witnessing a violent act on a television show and then imitating that behavior while playing with peers.
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The child learns the behavior by observing it in the media and may reproduce it during play, influenced by the perceived rewards or consequences associated with that behavior.
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Observational learning differs from theories of learning that emphasize conditioning, such as classical conditioning and operant conditioning, in several different ways.
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I'll go through some different ways.
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Let's start with the nature of learning...