The Bobo Doll Experiment (Bandura, 1961)

• The results of the experiment showed that children who observed aggressive behavior were more likely to imitate that behavior.
• Bandura's Bobo Doll Experiment was conducted in 1961 to study the effects of observational learning on aggression.
• The Bobo Doll Experiment was conducted by Albert Badura in 1961
• Albert Bandura was a psychologist who carried out the 'Bobo Doll Experiment' in 1961
• In the Bobo Doll Experiment (Bandura, 1961), the children who observed a television containing aggressive behaviour towards the Bobo Doll, were more likely to also become aggressive and imitate the same behaviour
• The Bobo Doll Experiment (Bandura, 1961) showed that children learn behaviour by watching others, which they will often imitate
• One criticism of the Bobo Doll Experiment (Bandura, 1961) is from Cumberbatch (1990)
• One criticism of the Bobo Doll Experiment (Bandura, 1961) is from Cumberbatch (1990) which found that children who had not played with the doll were 5 times as likely to imitate the aggressive behaviour than those who were familiar with it