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Access Type
Open Access
Document Type
thesis
Degree Program
Psychology
Degree Name
Thesis (M.S.)
Year Degree Awarded
1970
Keywords
Learning, Psychology of, Observation (Educational method)
Abstract
It has long been known that man has the capacity to acquire new behaviors through observation of the behavior of others. Indeed, much of the socialization process, that period in which a society's culture is transmitted to its young, depends not on trial and error learning which is slow and could result in dangerous mistakes, nor upon direct tuition, but on the child's ability to learn by watching others.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.7275/y5cv-es87