Social Learning

Social learning may refer to:

  • Observational learning (psychology), learning that occurs as a function of observing, retaining and replicating behavior observed in ones environment or other people.
  • Social learning theory (criminology), a theory of crime that asserts that humans learn deviant behavior from their peers.
  • Social learning (social pedagogy), a theory of education that acquisition of social competence happens exclusively or primarily in a social group.

Famous quotes containing the words social and/or learning:

    “America is no place for an artist: to be an artist is to be a moral leper, an economic misfit, a social liability. A corn-fed hog enjoys a better life than a creative writer, painter, or musician. To be a rabbit is better still.”
    —Henry Miller (1891–1980)

    ““It’s hard enough to adjust [to the lack of control] in the beginning,” says a corporate vice president and single mother. “But then you realize that everything keeps changing, so you never regain control. I was just learning to take care of the belly-button stump, when it fell off. I had just learned to make formula really efficiently, when Sarah stopped using it.””
    —Anne C. Weisberg (20th century)