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Psychology
Undergraduate 1
10/22/2012

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Mirror Neurons
Definition
Frontal lobe neurons that fire when performing certain actions or when observing another doing so. The brain's mirroring of another's action may enable imitation and empathy.
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Modeling
Definition
The process of observing and imitating a specific behavior.
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Observational Learning
Definition
Learning by observing others
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Prosocial Behavior
Definition
Positive, constructive, helpful behavior. The opposite of antisocial behavior.
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Albert Bandura
Definition
Pioneering researcher of observational learning
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Bandura's experiments
Definition
Kids did exactly the same actions as the adults.
If an adult is proscoical and positive then the child will mirror it.
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