Bandura 1961

• Bandura's Bobo doll study in 1961 aimed to investigate if children would show more aggressive behaviour or less if exposed to an aggressive role model
• Bandura 1961 study included a sample of 72 participants aged 3-6 from Standford university's nursery.
• The children were split into 3 groups a control group (24), non-aggressive role model (24) and aggressive role model (24). They were further split into female and male role models.
• The stages of the bobo doll study were: stage 1 modelling, stage 2 aggression arousal (exposed to toys) and stage 3 test for delayed imitation.
• The results of Bandura 1961 were participants in aggressive role model condition displayed more aggressive acts.
• The results of Bandura 1961 found boys were more likely to copy same sex role model.
• Bandura concluded that if children are exposed to an aggressive model, they are more likely to imitate that behaviour.