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Social and Cognitive psychologySocial learning theory is offered as an explanation for both aggressive and helping behaviours. Evaluate support for this theory for either type of behaviour.
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Module 1211: Social and Cognitive psychology Social learning theory is offered as an explanation for both aggressive and helping behaviours. Evaluate support for this theory for either type of behaviour. (I will be evaluating support for Social Learning Theory as an explanation of aggressive behaviour). Aggression is a negative behaviour where the individual deliberately intends to inflict harm on another individual whether it be verbally, mentally or physically. There are many explanations of aggression; some believe aggression is part of evolution in order to enable us to survive. Others believe aggression is caused by a genetic imbalance of hormones i.e. whether you are aggressive depends on genetics, aggressive behaviour is innate. However others believe aggression arises from our social interactions and how our social environment influences our behaviour. This is called Social Learning Theory and proposes that we learn aggressive behaviour through observing the act of others and deciding what the consequences of...
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