social learning theory

•  people imitate behaviour from role models
• behaviour is learnt through experiences
• Bandura Bobo doll:

   Had a group of three children one group consisted of children watching a video of an adult who did nothing to the Doll and they all ended up playing normally and respectfully with the doll. The second group will shown a video of an adult who was aggressive towards the doll and the children were all aggressive toward the doll when playing. The third group was shown a video of an adult playing nicely with the doll and the children were not aggressive when playing with the doll as they all followed that adult in the video.
• Strengths:

   gives cognitive explanations

   explains children following role models
• Weaknesses:

  Lacks ecological validity -

   done in a lab and the children may have just copied the model as that's what they thought they should do

   supports the biological approach -

   Results supported the biological approach as boys were more aggressive than girls and boys have more testosterone than girls which makes people aggressive.