Describe how Albert Bandura’s social learning theory is similar to and different from behaviorism as conceived by B.F. Skinner

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ANSWER:
?In observational learning, we observe others and imitate, or model, their behavior. For that reason, observational learning is sometimes referred to as social learning or modeling. Observational learning departs from the behaviorism that Skinner so forcefully advocated on two major points. First, it acknowledges that learning can occur without an overt change in behavior; second, it takes into account the role of cognition in the learning process.

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