Dan and Joel, both 4 years old, have been watching reruns of "Superman" on television. Joel's mother recently found the boys standing on the garage roof, ready to try flying. What best accounts for the boys' behavior?

a. Immediate Reinforcement

b. Classical Conditioning

c. Delayed Reinforcement

d. Observational Learning

observational learning

Explanation:

Observational learning is a type of social learning that occurs by observing the behavior of others. it does not require reinforcement but a role model such as parents, friends, movie characters. Even if the social model does not want to instill a behavior, the learner learns or imitate the model just by observing him or her.

The boys have observed that superman fly and thus starts imitating the same is a perfect example of observational learning.