PSY 102 Topic 4 DQ 2
Which is more important for a parent in directing a child’s behavior: what they say or what they do?
Why? Support your positions with the weekly readings or additional research.
What a parent does is more important in directing a child’s behavior. This is because children are more
likely to forget instructions- due to their limited ability to process and commit information to memory-
compare to what they see. At the same time, it is easy for children to process visual information than
abstract information (instructions), making it the easier to learn by watching. This view is supported by
Albert Bandura’s Social Learning Theory, which posits that children learn by imitating what they see
adults doing.
Which is more important for a parent in directing a child’s behavior: what they say or what they do?
Why? Support your positions with the weekly readings or additional research.
What a parent does is more important in directing a child’s behavior. This is because children are more
likely to forget instructions- due to their limited ability to process and commit information to memory-
compare to what they see. At the same time, it is easy for children to process visual information than
abstract information (instructions), making it the easier to learn by watching. This view is supported by
Albert Bandura’s Social Learning Theory, which posits that children learn by imitating what they see
adults doing.
