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:

    “Man is known to be a selfish, as well as a social being.”
    —James Madison (1751–1836)

    “I would fain grow old learning many things.”
    —Plato (c. 427–347 B.C.)