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Question 1

Phase 2- Aggression Arousal

Answer 1

All children (including control) were taken to the next room and subjected to ‘mild aggression arousal’.

Children allowed to play with ‘very attractive toys’ (fire engine, jet plane, spinning top, doll set, baby crib) for 2 minutes, then was told by the experimenter that they were her best toys and that she needed to save them for the other boys and girls to play with.

Each child was then told that they could play with any toy in the next room and went on to room 3

Question 2

WHY DID THEY DECIDE TO POTENTIALLY UPSET THE KID?

Answer 2

For non-aggressive group- they didn’t experience or have the potential to experience aggression in Phase 1, so Bandura wanted to give them a reason to be aggressive

For control group- to ensure equal treatment and opportunities among participants and possible results

For aggressive group- Other studies showed that watching others acting aggressive often inhibits your aggressiveness

Question 3

Phase 3- Test for Delayed Imitation

Answer 3

Each child was escorted to a room with a one-way mirror

Child was recorded for 20 minutes by 2 observers (on the other side of mirror) r

ecording the child’s actions every 5 seconds (240 observations for each child)

A neutral experimenter sat on one side of the room while the child played with the available toys;