Everything about Observational learning
Learning that occurs through observing the behaviour of others
Observational learning is learning that occurs through observing the behavior of others. It is a form of social learning which takes various forms, based on various processes. In humans, this form of learning seems to not need reinforcement to occur, but instead, requires a social model such as a parent, sibling, friend, or teacher with surroundings. Particularly in childhood, a model is someone of authority or higher status in an environment. In animals, observational learning is often based on classical conditioning, in which an instinctive behavior is elicited by observing the behavior of another, but other processes may be involved as well. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Observational learningA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Machine learning for observational cosmologyInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Coed versus same-sex audience effects on the learning of a balance taskThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Pathological Outcomes of Observational LearningCited 555 times
- Go sideways: ImitationA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Modeling (psychology)A closely related topic
📖 Definitions
Noun Learning that occurs as a function of observing, retaining and, in the case of imitation learning, replicating novel behavior executed by other people.
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Pathological Outcomes of Observational Learning
Policy Learning With Observational Data
Neural mechanisms of observational learning
Identification and observational learning from films.
Observational learning in budgerigars
Understanding Observational Learning: An Interbehavioral Approach
Observational learning under imperfect information
Observational learning
🆕 Influential since 2022
Machine learning for observational cosmology
The social transmission of empathy relies on observational reinforcement learning
OraL: An Observational Learning Paradigm for Unsupervised Hyperspectral Change Detection
Transmission of social bias through observational learning
Observational feedback literacy: designing post observation feedback for learning
📚 Books worth reading
- 📕Coed versus same-sex audience effects on the learning of a balance taskVirginia Ann Neal · 1984
- 📕Advances in machine learning and data mining for astronomyMichael J. Way · 2012
Observing teaching and learningChristina Tilstone · 1998- 📕Observational learningHyman Joshua Zuckerman · 1973
Pedagogical Documentation in Early ChildhoodSusan Stacey · 2015- 📕Transparent TeacherTrent Kaufman, Emily Grimm · 2013
LookingRichard L. Allington, Kathleen Krull · 1980- 📕A descriptive instrument to investigate teacher references to the task environment during the facilitation of perceptual-motor skillsMitchell E. Levison · 1978
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🔗 Related topics
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