Bandura 1963

Question 1

what was the aim?

Answer 1

wanted to test the idea that watching film aggression might be cathartic-vents aggressive emotions

Question 2

what was the procedure?

Answer 2

-same as 1961 experiment:
-3 rooms -1 saw aggressive film-1 saw woman dressed as cartoon cat and saw aggressive behaviour
-placed in another room to play with toys-told not for them
taken to another room with bobo dolls and other toys

Question 3

what was the results?

Answer 3

• control group-carried out half as much aggression than other groups
• no significant difference between action and cartoon
• children shocked at aggressive male model-‘that girl…was asking just like a man’

Question 4

what was the conclusion?

Answer 4

children will imitate filmed aggression in same way live aggressive role models
-watching film violence is not cathartic-became more aggressive after watching film

Question 5

GENERALISABILITY

Answer 5

+large sample
+both boys and girls
-ethnocentric-ppts from Stanford uni

Question 6

what was the sample/ppts?

Answer 6

96 children- 48 boys/48 girls

-recruited from Stanford University nursery school

Question 7

what type of sample is it?

Answer 7

opportunity sample

Question 8

what kind of observation was it?

Answer 8

structured observation

Question 9

what kind of design was it?

Answer 9

matched pairs design

Question 10

mean number of aggressive acts?

Answer 10

live model- 83
filmed model- 92
cartoon model- 99
control-no model-54

Question 11

RELIABILITY

Answer 11

+standardised procedure

Question 12

APPLICABLE

Answer 12

-imposed etic-ethnocentric
=applies to reality-watershed
/ awareness of violent behaviour near children

Question 13

VALIDITY

Answer 13

+ecological validity-children watch cartoons

Question 14

ETHICS

Answer 14

• protection from harm-could make children more aggressive now
• consent-children didn’t have consent-got from carer