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Question 1

To control for extraneous variables within the study they?

Answer 1

Researcher and teacher rated children on 5-point scale on:
previous displays of physical & verbal aggression
aggression towards objects
ability to control their behavior when they were angry

Question 2

The Researcher and teacher rated children on 5-point scale allowed for?

Answer 2

This inter-rater reliability allowed ‘equal’ placement of children in terms of aggression level within the groups (helps reliability)

Question 3

What is Phase 1 Set-up?

Answer 3

Each child individually taken to an experimental room at the nursery and the model (stooge) was invited to “join in the game”
Child seated at one corner with stickers and potato prints
Model seated at opposite corner with tinker toys, a mallet, and the Bobo doll. Experimenter then left the room.

Question 4

Phase 1 Experimentation:

Non-aggressive condition:

Answer 4

Model assembles and plays with the tinker toys and ignores the Bobo doll for the 10 minute duration

Question 5

Aggressive condition:

Answer 5

Model started playing by himself/herself w/the tinker toys for a minute…
Then started beating up Bobo with specific acts that could be imitated by the child…
Laying Bobo on his side, sitting on it & punching it, hitting it with the mallet, throwing it in the air, and kicking it around
Said remarks of “pow,” “hit him down,” & “he sure is a tough fella!”
Models were supposed to be identical in their actions