Bandura Flashcards
How is human behaviour learnt, such as aggression?
Imitation of a role models
Is this study more nurture or nature?
Nurture
What is vicarious reinforcement?
When you get rewarded
What is the experiment used in Bandura?
Laboratory
What design is used?
Independent/Matched design
What were the 3 independent variables?
Whether the child saw an aggressive/ non aggressive or no model
Sex of the model
Sex of the child
What was the dependent variable?
The amount of aggressive acts imitated noted through observations
What 3 conditions were they matched in?
Aggressive model
Non aggressive
No model
How many children were used?
72 children
What school were they taken from?
Stanford University Nursery School
What did the ages range from? And the mean age?
37-69 months
52 months
What did room 1 include?
Toys including a Bobo Doll
What did the anteroom include?
Attractive toys
What did room 3 include?
Aggressive toys (darts, guns, bobo dolls) and non-aggressive toys (tea sets, dolls)
Why did they need a one way mirror?
For observation
How long did they play for potato prints and picture stickers?
10 minutes
In the aggressive model condition. How long did the model play with the Tinkertoy?
1 minute
How long did they behave physically?
9 minutes
What did they do to the doll for the 9 minutes?
Kicking and hitting it with a hammer
What did they do in the verbal section?
Sock him
Kick him
How long were they allowed to play with the toys for?
2 minutes
How long was their behaviour observed for in the third room?
20 minutes
What was the observer reliability?
+0.9, strong positive correlation
How did they help eliminate observer bias?
The observers were unaware of which condition the children were in
How many imitative physical acts did the boys show with the aggressive male model?
25.4
How many imitative verbal acts did the girls shoe with the aggressive female model?
13.7
What are 2 key findings?
Children in the aggressive model show more imitative verbal and physical aggressive behaviour than those in the non-aggressive condition
Generally children in the non-aggressive condition showed very little aggression
What are 2 conclusions?
Children learn behaviour through observation and imitation
Physical aggression is more likely to be learned from a male adult than a female adult
