Cards (7)

  • Which group was experimental and which group was control?
    Group 1 was experimental
    Group 2 was control
  • How old were the children involved in the study?
    Children were aged from 3 to 5 years
  • Group 1 observed a woman being aggressive with the bobo doll saying " pow " and kicking it
  • Group 2 saw the same woman acting non aggressively towards the bobo doll
  • After watching a behaviour towards the bobo doll , the children were taken into a room where there was a bobo doll among other toys
  • Children from Group 1 acted aggressively towards the bobo doll as they had observed and imitated the behaviour as well as incorporating new unmodelled behaviour as well such as hitting bobo with another doll
  • Group 2 showed virtually no aggressive behaviour when in front of the bobo doll