bandura 1961

Question 1

three IV’s

Answer 1

the condition the children were exposed to, sex of the role model, sex of the child

Question 2

sample

Answer 2

• matched pairs (used a 5-point scale - physical+verbal aggression, aggression to objects, aggressive inhibition)
• 36 boys and 36 girls
• aged 37-69 months with a mean age of 52 months
• recruited from stanford university nursery

Question 3

groups

Answer 3

divided into eight experimental groups of six subjects each and a control group consisting of 24 subjects (6 of the same gender in each group, aggressive and non aggressive model and same sec and different sex model)

Question 4

first phase

Answer 4

involved children in the experimental groups either seeing an adult acting aggressively towards the bobo doll or ignoring it and playing with other toys gently

Question 5

second phase

Answer 5

following exposure to the models the children were then individually placed in a room with an experimenter and exposed to a mildly frustrating situation to elicit aggression

Question 6

third phase

Answer 6

children were individually taken into a playroom with both aggressive and non-aggressive toys and a bobo doll. the child was kept in this room for 20mins during which they were observed though a one way mirror. observations were made at 5 second intervals

Question 7

results

Answer 7

• children imitated aggression they saw
• children in the aggressive model condition made more aggressive responses than the children in the non-aggressive model condition
• boys exhibited more overall aggression than girls
• boys exposed to a male model showed significantly more aggression than those exposed to a female model
• quant data: male subjects with aggressive male model = mean of 25.8 (for imitative physical aggression. same but with female models = mean of 1.5

Question 8

conclusion

Answer 8

this study concluded that children are more likely to imitate a same sex model and that they can learn by imitation