Bandura Albert Bandura proposes that cognitive developmental change occurs mainly through observational learning; where a child learns through imitation, and modelling; where a child learns the behaviour and personality traits of another. An example of a theory, which explores imitational behaviour, is the social learning theory. The Social Learning Theory - Badura argues that people learn from what they see. - Children will imitate what they see - His experiment was done with a bobo …showed first 75 words of 280 total…

…showed last 75 words of 280 total…is more powerful than vicarious reinforcement. This influences early years settings today as it has been proven that vicarious punishment is an effective way to encourage correct behaviour. A classroom example of this is making an example of a naughty child by reprimanding them in front of the rest of the group. This doesn't prove that punishing a child's mistakes will be more helpful to their cognitive development than praising them when they do well.