A03

• What does the experiment ignore?

  Biological differences between boys and girls
• Why is ignoring biological differences a problem?

  • It won't account for biological and hormonal differences between the sexes
• What are the ethical issues?

  Showing aggressive behaviour to children can cause psychological harm
• What is the issue with the lack of follow up testing?

  There's no evidence if the experiment caused them to become violent when they get older
• How is this difficult to repeat on the outside?

  Was produced in a highly controlled environment

  Acting violent to a doll is different to acting violent in real life
• Why was the immediate measurements a problem?

  There were shorter time frames

  Can't see if the imitation effects last for any length of time
• Why dies it lack ecological validity?

  Lab study
• What does it not explain?

  What circumstances people have to be in in order to imitate
• How does it explain learning?

  That we learn through experiences