Bandura's social Learning Theory 0 4.4.2 The earlier explanations of observational learning Miller and Dollard: they did not deny the fact that an organism could learn by observing the activities of another organism. If imitative behavior is reinforced, it will be strengthened like any other kind of behavior. Ifimitative responses were not made and reinforced, no learning would take place.So, imitative learning was the result of observation, overt responding, and reinforcementBandura’s Social Learning Theory ⚫ 4.4.2 The earlier explanations of observational learning ⚫ Miller and Dollard: they did not deny the fact that an organism could learn by observing the activities of another organism. If imitative behavior is reinforced, it will be strengthened like any other kind of behavior.If imitative responses were not made and reinforced, no learning would take place.So, imitative learning was the result of observation, overt responding, and reinforcement