What are disadvantages of observational learning?

Answer 1

* If the the person who is being obsered know they are being observed they may act unsual and give off the wrong actions, speech, thoights and emotions as they may be nervous * Takes a long time to prepare an observation * A good range of sample is needed for an observation * time consuming

Answer 2

I see many learning theories used much more as an attempt to understand how learning takes place and not as avenues for change and improvement for students and adults. I feel the false teachings of genetics that has been engrained into our students, later adults, educators, and researchers, has removed some very wonderful tools to use learning theory in a much more continual, more helpful way. I feel our current learning theories and intelligence models are creating feelings of permanence, hopeless, and much anxiety for many students and adults. I see these teachings in schools as being the primary cause for much student stagnancy, dropouts, drug/alcohol abuse, and suicide.

A proper learning theory will not only explain how learning takes place but will also provide tools to help student and adults continually change and improve their lives. I like constructivism more for in this we have tools to improve thinking, learning, and motivation to learn. If we then also redefine our average stress as layers of different mental work (various conscious and subconscious work) the mind is taking up then we can see more clearly how our individual environments do greatly affect our thinking, learning, motivation to learn (mental reward received for mental work expended), and also our mental/emotional health. By redefining our average stress as layers of mental work, we can now begin approach our individual environments more delicately to slowly begin understanding the elements in our lives along with the weights or values we are applying in our lives that may be creating different amounts or layers of mental frictions (that take up real mental energy). We can now begin to resolve and make changes in our weights or values to slowly begin to more permanently reducing our layers of mental frictions. The savant is able to perform seemingly miraculous feats because the mind has been damaged in some way that in rare instances allows an area such as math, music, visual, art, etc. to be greatly enhanced. This shows how our mental energy in so-called normal individuals appears weaker. This is because our mental energy is being distributed to more widely to different parts.

We cannot provide everyone with a stable, knowledge rich environment. However I feel by working from a constructivism point of view, we can now remove the horrible teachings of genetics from our schools and begin to use learning theory in a very functional way to improve thinking, learning, motivation, and mental/emotional health for all of us.

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Answer 3

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