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Question 1

Sample?

Answer 1

Subjects: 72 total- 1:1 M:F, 36 boys and 36 girls
from the University Nursery School
Age Range: 37-69 months old, x=52 months
(3 years to almost 6 years old)

Question 2

Location?

Answer 2

Design: lab experiment
Site: Stanford University

Question 3

What are the Experimental Groups?

Answer 3

3 groups, each with 24 children (12 M & 12 F)
1- Experimental 1:observed an aggressive model
2- Experimental 2: observed a non-aggressive model
3- Control: no exposure to any model

Question 4

How were Groups divided?

Answer 4

totaling 8 experimental and 2 control groups
Independent measures design
compare groups to each other

Question 5

Independent Variable?

Answer 5

1- presence of a model
2- gender of model
3- behavior of model (aggressive/non-aggressive)

Question 6

Dependent Variable?

Answer 6

Amount of aggression displayed by the child in a later situation (both imitative and non-imitative)