bandura

Question 1

what theory is it

Answer 1

• individualistic
• social learning theory

Question 2

what does banduras theory suggest

Answer 2

• behaviour is learned through observing the behaviour of others
• aggression can be learned by watching others behave aggressively

Question 3

describe the bobo doll experiment

Answer 3

A: see if child where more likely to behave aggressively after observing and aggressive model
P: 72 male and female children randomly placed into 3 groups. one group watched an aggressive model, another no aggressive and another with no model.
F: if witnessed aggressive behaviour, more likely to act aggressively
C: aggression is social behaviour

Question 4

what are violence and aggression produced by

Answer 4

1. arousal event
2. learned aggressive skills
3. expected success and rewards
4. pro violence attitudes

Question 5

what is observational learning

Answer 5

learning criminal behaviour from people around them

Question 6

what are the three ways observational learning happens

Answer 6

1. in the family
2. in a persons frequent subcultures
3. through cultural symbols

Question 7

how is the murder of james bulgar and example of this

Answer 7

• murdered by jon venables and robert tompson
• threw paint, kicked him, threw stones and bricks at him. - chucky three film

Question 8

STRENGTH: what does the bobo doll study show

Answer 8

that children had become influenced by seeing aggression - presents a cause and effect of criminal behaviour proving a nurture explanation

Question 9

STRENGTH: what is a link to grave

Answer 9

it has been replicated and similar results have been found making it reliable

Question 10

STRENGTH: what did sutherland state

Answer 10

prisons are universities of crime because people going with some criminal skills but learn many more before being released

Question 11

weakness: where did bandits conduct his study

Answer 11

in a lab and so it lacks ecological validity, same results may not have been found in a child’s usual environment

Question 12

WEAKNESS: does everyone who is exposed to crime copy the cats

Answer 12

not all child do e.g domestics abuse, similarly not all criminals have witness crime as children e.g fraud

Question 13

WEAKNESS: how is his theory deterministic

Answer 13

suggest all children that observe crime will commit crime