Albert Bandura's Social Learning Theory explains that we acquire tendencies in behavior through the observation and imitation of the behaviors of others, like the previous editor wrote. In terms of its correlation to Abnormal Psychology, theorists argue that two factors influence how we use what we learn from others: Nature and Nurture.
What this means is that some of us, no matter who our peers are (whether good or bad people) will behave in a way that is genetically inherited and with tendencies that are genetically acquired regardless of social learning. - That is the theory in favor of Nature.
Nurture would be the pure social learning we receive from meeting our basic social, physical, and emotional needs. Through good nurturing the psychological development of the individual is argued to not be corrupted. Yet, that is also theoretical.
So, in conclusion, social learning is always a constant in an individual's development as we are in consistent exposure to others and our social support systems- however- it may very well be ultimately nature which will shape how the social learning is used, and vice versa. Nature and nurture, behavior and psychology are interconnected.
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