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Social Learning Theory of Albert Bandura a

The Social Learning Theory of Albert Bandura

Among the repertoire of human behaviors, none has aroused deeper concern than human aggressiveness (Bandura, 1973). This paper will analyze the social learning theory of aggression proposed by Albert Bandura. Bandura proposed that aggressive behavior can be acquired by others based on principles of operant conditioning and modeling. He conducted classic experiments dealing with how children acquire aggressive behavior based on the principles of operant conditioning (rewards and punishments) and modeling (Bandura, 1973). In addition, this paper will present the positive and negative aspects of his theory. It will also examine how others have defined aggression and the various theories that have been proposed to account for aggression.

Aggression, like most other concerns, has been characterized in many different ways. Many people describe aggression solely in terms of the attributes of the behavior. Other definitions of aggression emphasize the instigation of aggression, the emotional aspects, or the intent of the aggressive action (Bandura, 1977). Dollard, Doob, Miller, Mowrer, & Sears (1939) defined aggression as "any sequence of behavior, the goal-response to which is the injury of the person toward whom it is directed" (p. 9). However, a major criticism of such a definition is that it assumes that aggression serves only a single purpose, namely inflicting injury. If aggression is restricted to behavior that is performed solely for this purpose, then a wide range of activities that are commonly judged as aggressive, including some violent forms of interpersonal assault, would be excluded from consideration (Bandura, 1973). Berkowitz (1965) proposed different types of aggression. One is instrumental aggression, which is aimed at securing extraneous rewards rather than the victim's suffering. Instrumental aggression is distinguished from hostile aggression, whose sole ...

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