Social learning takes place through interaction with other human beings, through such learning processes as imitation, identification and role learning. It is by means of social learning that internal controls in the individual such as conscience, the self-concept and the social roles are established. It is through social learning that various behaviour systems such as dependency, aggression and affiliation and [...]
This article throws light upon the top five mechanisms involved in the process of socialization. The mechanisms are: 1. Role-Play 2. Imitation 3. Identification 4. Internalisation 5. Empathy & Sympathy. Mechanism # 1. Role-Play: The reader as a child, must have undoubtedly imagined at some time that he was a doctor, sometimes a teacher, sometimes a bus conductor, sometimes a [...]
After reading this article you will learn about the process of learning by cognition. Cognitive theorists claim that the associationistic or connection model of learning holds in interpreting animal learning to a certain extent, but does not seem to do full justice in explaining human learning. Connection theorists seem to be intentionally or otherwise blind towards concepts like reasoning, insight, [...]
