![]() Michigan State University Extension has some tips on how to ensure your child has opportunities to witness and experience modeling in a positive way.īe intentional about your child’s surroundings. Watching someone cooperate, share, take turns and demonstrate altruistic acts can teach children to show those behaviors too. On the opposite end of the spectrum, children can also acquire prosocial behaviors through observational learning. If these aggressive behaviors are reinforced, children might be likely to imitate them and execute aggressive acts themselves. Sometimes this occurs through live models and direct experiences, but it often happens by watching television and other programming where aggressive behaviors occur. Through the process of modeling, children can learn aggressive behaviors by observing them. A child may be less likely to imitate the behavior. The same can be said if someone witnesses a negative reinforcement, such as scolding for swearing. Don’t forget that laughter can be an unintended positive reinforcement. If, however, the child gets some sort of reward for swearing, such as acceptance or encouragement from an adult, an observing child might be more likely to copy this behavior. For example, if a child overhears another child swearing, he might learn new words, but may not necessarily use them. People are more likely to imitate a behavior if they get some sort of positive reinforcement for it. What modeled behaviors children will imitate depends partly on what sort of reinforcement those behaviors receive. Children are learning about the behavioral choices of others and also about the consequences of those behaviors. Whether or not they demonstrate a new behavior, they are picking up new knowledge. Watching a specific behavior does not necessarily mean a child will perform the behavior themselves watching someone break a toy does not automatically mean your child will begin destroying things. ![]() Wherever they are, whomever they are around, children are observing and learning. Or perhaps they show off a new, not-so-child-friendly vocabulary word after the family reunion. Maybe your child comes home from school casting imaginary webs like Spiderman, even though they have never had any introduction to the character at home. You have likely witnessed some observational learning with your child or even in your interactions with other children. Children learn from models all around them, on television, in the grocery store, at school and at home. ![]() The models do not have to be people that the child directly interacts with. This is sometimes called “observational learning,” when children can learn things simply by observing others. Children learn and imitate behaviors by watching and listening to others. Have you ever heard the phrase “Do as I say, not as I do?” Children, it turns out, will actually do both. ![]()
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