... such as role models. Children also observe and learn the consequences of aggressive behaviour by watching other people succeeding and this is known as indirect or vicarious reinforcement. Children see many examples of aggressive behaviour at home and at school, as well as on television and in movies. Therefore by observing the consequences of aggressive behaviour for those who use it, children learn that this is appropriate conduct and learn when this should be used. The other process is mental representation; Bandura claimed that in order for social learning to take place the child must form mental representations of events in his or her social environment. The child must also represent possible rewards and punishments for the aggressive behaviour in terms of expectancies and future outcomes. If there is an opportunity in the future the child will display the behaviour if they see that reward is greater than the punishment. ...

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