Evaluate Bandura's Theory In Current Practice
Bandura’s theory is used in current practice today because practitioners must make a concerted effort to lead by example in the knowledge and that their behaviour is being observed by the child. They use positive and negative reinforcement to promote a change in behaviour. Children learn from observing the behaviour of others and will imitate role models with the view of earning approval (this is promoted in practice by a variety of award mechanisms) and they will consider what happens to others when deciding whether or not to imitate others. Children are motivated to identify with a particular model that has the quality which they would like to process, they will adopt a number of observed behaviours, values, beliefs and