studies

• when was banduras experiment?


  1960s
• what was the aim of banduras bobo doll experiment?


  to investigate whether children will observe and imitate aggressive behaviour
• who were the participants?

  36 boys and 36 girls aged 3-6 years from stanford university nursery school
• what was stage 2 of the bobo doll experiment?

  aggression arousal: children were taken to a room with toys but were told they were reserved for other children
• what was stage 3 of the bobo doll experiment?

  test: children were taken to a room with the bobo doll and aggressive and non-aggressive toys and were observed at 5 sec intervals for 20 mins
• which children were the most aggressive in the bobo doll experiment?


  children who watched the aggressive model
• what were the results of girls of the bobo doll experiment?


  showed more physical aggression if model was male but more verbal if they were female
• what were the results of boys in the bobo doll experiment?


  more likely to imitate same sex models than girls - most aggressive when exposed to males
• what was the first aggressive model/condition?

  hit, shout and be aggressive towards doll
• what is the second condition/model?

  the adult ignores the doll and plays quietly with other toys
• what is the third condition/model?

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