Who did he experiment on - 36 boys and 36 girls aged 3-6
How many groups were there - 3
What were the conditions of each group - Group 1 - Had an aggressive role model Group 2 - Had a passive role model and Group 3 - Had a neutral role model
What happened before the experiment begun - They observed the aggression levels of each child and placed them into groups based on their findings
How many children were in each group?
24
How many stages were there?
2
What was stage 1 called?
Modelling stage
What happened in stage 1?
Children were individually shown a room with toys
Condition 1 had a model that acted aggressively to a bobo doll
Condition 2 had a model that ignored the bobo doll
Condition 3 had no model
What was stage 2 called?
Aggression arousal stage
What happened in stage 2?
The children were deliberately annoyed by taking them into a room with nice toys then telling them that the toys were saved for other children
They were taken into another room with aggressive and non-aggressive toys
What were the aggressive and non-aggressive toys?
Aggressive - Dart gun, 3ft Bobo doll
Non-aggressive - Tea set, crayons and plastic farm animals
How long were they observed for in stage 1 and 2?
1 - 10 minutes
2 - 20 minutes
What were the results?
Children with the aggressive model made more imitative responses
Little difference in verbal aggression between girls and boys
Boys were more likely to imitate same sex models
More non-imitative among children who has observed aggressive behaviour
Boys were 3x more likely to imitate physically violent behaviour
