Define Observational Learning and Distinguish Between Learning and Performance

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Define observational learning and distinguish between learning and performance. Name the basic assumptions of Bandura's social-cognitive theory and give your own comparison to the strict behaviorist approach. Describe Bandura's experiment with nursery school children that investigated television and aggression. What are the implications from this research for observational learning?

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Definitions:

Independence of Irrelevant Alternatives

A principle in decision theory stating that the preference between two options should not change because of the introduction of new alternatives.

Median Voter

A theoretical concept that suggests the outcome of a majority vote is most likely to represent the preferences of the voter who is in the middle of the political spectrum.

Majority Rule

A decision rule that selects alternatives which have a majority, that is, more than half the votes.

Median Voter Theorem

A political science theory suggesting that the outcome of a majority-vote election is most likely to represent the preferences of the median voter.