Bandura believes that children's acquisition of social behavior is mainly accomplished by observing and imitating the behaviors of important people in real life. The observation and learning process of any organism takes place under the interaction of individuals, environments and behaviors. Behavior and environment can be changed through specific organizations, and their influence on children's behavior shaping depends on the nature of the environment and behavior at that time.

According to Bandura's understanding, there are three ways to strengthen the behavior of organisms:

1. First, direct reinforcement, that is, positive or negative stimulation to learners' behavior response on the spot;

2. The second is vicarious reinforcement, that is, learners decide their own behavior direction by observing the results obtained by others after implementing this behavior;

3. Self-reinforcement refers to the positive or negative reinforcement of children's behavior according to the behavior judgment standards transmitted by society and personal understanding. Self-reinforcement refers to one's own expectations and goals.

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Main contributions:

Che Bowen, a famous psychologist in China, thinks in the book History of Western Psychology:

1. put forward observational learning, which made great contributions to the later development of psychology.

2. Pay attention to the influence of social factors, and combine the study of learning psychology with the study of social psychology, which has made a unique contribution to the development of learning theory.

3. Absorb the research results of cognitive psychology and organically combine reinforcement theory with information processing theory.

4. Emphasize the role of social factors and cognitive processes in learning, and attach importance to experiments with people as subjects.

5. The concepts and theories are based on rich and solid experimental data, and the experimental methods are rigorous and the conclusions are convincing.