I found the section on observational learning was very interesting. Especially the antisocial effects of observational learning. It said that men who beat their wives probably had a wife-battering father. I find this somewhat confusing. I think that if you had to go through that as a child that you wouldn't want to ever put anyone through that, but then do the same thing. I think it is logical though because of observational learning; just weird though.
This chapter shed a lot of light on how we raise our children. I babysit children and I know their parents, but I can tell how they discipline their kids and how they kids learn. My nephew is very active and has learned a lot by observation, but when he throws a tantrum he knows that he has to go to his room and wait until he can be nice again. We use reinforcement on him too. When he screams he sits in his room, but when he goes to the bathroom he gets a toy. This has helped him learn how to use the bathroom. now he goes all by himself. When he eats all his supper he can get dessert. These are a few examples of reinforcement.
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I know what you mean about being able to tell how parents discipline their kids and it showing through them. I also babysit kids a lot and sometimes they even try to be sneaky. Like for example the kids I watch usually get a treat before they go to bed (like some crackers or fruit snacks) but when I watch them they usually tell me that their mom and dad let them have candy before they go to bed.. Yeah..sure they do! But in the same way they also got treats after they used the bathroom and time outs if they throw a toy or hit each other. And if they do something bad.. They know it's coming.. it's really interesting!
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