Homework Assignment Week 3
Critical and Creative Thinking Questions—Page 169
2. What are some examples of ways in which observational learning has benefited you in your life? Are there instances in which observational learning has worked to your disadvantage?
Our book defines observational learning as learning new behavior or information by watching others. Some examples of ways in which observation learning has benefited me in my life are cooking, parenting, and work ethic. Watching my mother cook when I was little made me want to learn how and that’s how I now have the ability to cook meals for my own family without assistance. Parenting was another thing that I got from my mother; she was a single mother and was still able to provide for her two children without male figure in the picture. She was both a father and mother and I try to be that same parent with my children because of her. Work ethic is something else that I got from watching my sister and mother. They were always very dedicated, responsible, and punctual to their jobs and that’s how I am now.
Observational learning can work to your disadvantage; it all just depends on the what, for example, driving. Growing up my mother and sister never used to wear their seatbelts therefore when it was time for me drive, I never wore my seatbelt. Very soon, I learned that I should my seatbelt if I didn’t want to get ticketed every time I was caught. Now, I don’t go anywhere without wearing my seatbelt and neither does anyone in my family.
Critical and Creative Thinking Questions – Page 195
5. As an eyewitness to a crime, how could you use information in this chapter to improve your memory for specific details? If you were a juror, what would you say to the other jurors about the reliability of eyewitness testimony?
As an eyewitness to a crime, I could use the information to improve my memory for specific