Sharla Arnold Ed Psych

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Ok, Social Cognitivism is defined as learning that occurs through observing and imitating someone else's behavior.  Yeah......you just defined acting.  Isn't that what acting is in the most basic form, a meaningful imitation of life?  Social cognitivism is a learning theory, meaning that the point of the theory is to be able to understand how people learn and therefore use the theory to teach.  But I think it's interesting that acting's main goal is to imitate life in a meaningful way.  The one thing that every acting method have in common is described in this learning model, to observe those around you and imitate other's behavior.  Mind blown. So, how does this translate to a middle school theatre class?  Observation is the first step in the research Albert Bandura did on this theory.  In the class I was observing, and in every theatre situation ever, the end result of theatre involves people observing.  So in a theatre class, formative performance assessments b