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Help with a psychology assignment?

  • 16-10-2011 9:30pm
    #1
    dynamot
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 205 ✭✭


    I have to give a presentation on: 'What is the adaptive significance of observational learning' in a couple of days. I just started college and don't have a clue where to begin. Can anyone steer me in the right direction regarding sources of information online* or any famous studies related to the topic?

    Thanks a lot!

    * I don't have a textbook yet.


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  • #2
    mallachyrivers
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 145 ✭✭mallachyrivers


    Hopefully this will be of some help, Best of luck!

    http://lmgtfy.com/?q=psychology


  • #3
    dynamot
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 205 ✭✭dynamot


    mallachyrivers wrote: »
    Hopefully this will be of some help, Best of luck!

    http://lmgtfy.com/?q=psychology

    Haha, yeah tried that already to no avail. As you can see my question is slightly more specific than 'psychology'


  • #4
    WesternNight
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,286 ✭✭✭WesternNight


    Are you not studying this stuff in college if you're doing a presentation on it? :confused:

    Bandura ring any bells? :p


  • #5
    JuliusCaesar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,885 ✭✭✭JuliusCaesar


    dynamot wrote: »
    I have to give a presentation on: 'What is the adaptive significance of observational learning' in a couple of days. I just started college and don't have a clue where to begin. Can anyone steer me in the right direction regarding sources of information online* or any famous studies related to the topic?

    Thanks a lot!

    * I don't have a textbook yet.

    Hmm.... Have you access to a library, where you might find a textbook?


  • #6
    thesham001
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14 ✭thesham001


    There is a million and one things you could do for that, it really is a very accessible area.

    Off the top of my head you would have;

    Vygotsky
    Mead
    Bandura
    Mirror Neurons
    Script theory

    Basically any theorists that thinks learning is a social thing first, rather than a purely cognitive/closed off process ie Piaget. Developmental psychology should become your friend for this.

    As for the evolutionary aspects, after reading about these guys/theories the advantages and reasons why they are there will fall into place easily.


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