Vicarious reinforcement. is the type of reinforcement in which imitation or mimicking of behavior takes place due to the same behavior observed in others .This strengthens and increases the similar behavior in others.
Behavior which provides reward, precaution-oriented behavior etc is generally imitated.People tend to learn from actions of others in this phenomena.
Vicarious Reinforcement is when an individual begins to anticipate consequences similar to those observed in experiences lived by other people. Thus, Bandura states that an individual can be reinforced without even experiencing a consequence or producing any behavior.
The King of England passed many laws affecting the colonists that they did not like, such as the Stamp Act of 1765, so the colonists thought of the King as a tyrant, or a “cruel and oppressive ruler”.
