szociáltanulás
Szociáltanulás, or social learning, refers to the process by which individuals acquire new behaviors, norms, and skills through observation, imitation, and modeling of others in a social context. The concept was formalized by psychologist Albert Bandura in the 1960s, who argued that learning can occur without direct reinforcement, provided that observers witness a model’s behavior and its consequences. Bandura identified four key processes underlying social learning: attention, retention, reproduction, and motivation. Attention requires that the observer focuses on the model; retention involves memory of the observed action; reproduction refers to the ability to physically imitate the behavior; and motivation is driven by anticipated rewards or punishments.
Social learning theories have been applied extensively in education, media studies, and organizational behavior. In classroom
Critiques of the social learning paradigm point to its difficulty in explaining learning that occurs without