Bandura's social Learning theory o 4.4.2 The earlier explanations of observational learning o Plato and Aristotle: a natural tendency for humans to imitate what they see others do. Because observational learning was taken for granted for centuries, little was done about it o Thorndike: first attempted to study observational learning experimentally in 1898. One cat observed the other cat escaped successfully from pute box by trial and error. But when the first cat was in puze box, it cannot solve the problem quickly. o In 190l,he conducted a similar experiment with monkeys, no observational learning took place.Bandura’s Social Learning Theory ⚫ 4.4.2 The earlier explanations of observational learning ⚫ Plato and Aristotle: a natural tendency for humans to imitate what they see others do. Because observational learning was taken for granted for centuries, little was done about it. ⚫ Thorndike: first attempted to study observational learning experimentally in 1898. One cat observed the other cat escaped successfully from puzzle box by trial and error.But when the first cat was in puzzle box, it cannot solve the problem quickly. ⚫ In 1901,he conducted a similar experiment with monkeys, no observational learning took place