Psychology
Observational Learning and Its Applications in Education
Quick fact
In his famous 1961 Bobo doll experiment, Bandura showed that children who watched an adult aggressively hitting a doll were significantly more likely to imitate that behavior, even without any reward or instruction to do so.
Why this is interesting
Ever picked up a new dance move just by watching a video? Or learned a classroom procedure by seeing a classmate do it first? How does simply observing others actually change what we know and can do?