BANDURA Flashcards
What was the aim on Bandura ?
To see whether children would imitate aggressive behaviour when given the opportunity to do so.
What is the background of Banduras study ?
Behaviourists suggest that all behaviours can be explained in terms of learning from the environment- the social learning theory.
What is the sample of Bandura ?
36 boys & 36 girls
Enrolled at Stanford university nursery
Ranged from 37-69 months (mean of 52 months)
What was the sampling method in Bandura ?
Opportunity, used the children in the nursery
What was stage 1 of the procedure in Bandura ?
each child individually taken to a room &table &shown high interest activities (potato printing&stickers)Model sat in another room with bobo doll and mallet. In aggressive condition, ,model played with colourful toys then hit bobo doll, in non aggressive model played with toys and ignored bobo doll.
What happened in stage 2 of Bandura ?
Child taken to smaller room with attractive toys (colourful fire engine and spinning top)
Child told they could play with toys however once they got settled, toys were taken away.
What happened in stage 3 of Bandura study?
In 3rd room was a range of toys, these included all toys from 1st room, bobo doll & other aggressive toys (dart guns) child played for 20 mins whilst observed through a 2 way mirror.
What were the conclusions from banduras study ?
This study supported the claim that simply observing behaviour would produce imitative behaviour which would not be expected if that behaviour had not been observed.
What was the mean number of aggressive acts imitated by girls when exposed to a aggressive female ?
5.5
What was the mean number of aggressive acts imitated by boys when exposed to a aggressive male ?
25.8
What was the mean number of aggressive acts imitated by girls when exposed to a aggressive male ?
7.2
What was the mean number of aggressive acts imitated by boys when exposed to a aggressive female ?
12.4
What was the mean number of aggressive acts imitated by girls when exposed to a non aggressive male ?
0
What was the mean number of aggressive acts imitated by boys when exposed to a non aggressive male ?
1.5
Which ethical guidelines did Bandura break ?
Harm- toys taken away from child , would harm child’s self esteem if they were good, and could cause stress and anxiety. Could cause harm in the sense that if their behaviour was changed, it would be hard to debrief children & telling them to not be aggressive in the future won’t work.
What was the validity for Bandura ?
Lab experiment ensures no extraneous variables which would reduce validity. Model also had a certain number of actions to repEat the same number of times so that the child wasn’t exposed to different aggressive acts. Ecological - kid own environment however not normal to see aggressive model hitting bobo doll
What is the reliability of Bandura ?
Highly replicable as shown by the fact that it was replaced with so many children.
Arguable that sample wasn’t large enough to establish reliable effects as only 6 children in each condition.
Is Bandura regarded ethnocentric ?
Only carried out in America so it is ethnocentric. Also, high levels of gun behaviour is us could potentially affect likelihood of aggressive behaviour.
How does Bandura link to nature / nurture debate ?
Bandura can be seen as nurture as influence of the environment can be seen quite obviously in all of the hypotheses. However boys showed more aggression than girls suggesting boys are naturally more aggressive due to levels of testosterone.
How does Bandura link to the freewill/determinism debate?
Children can decide whether they imitate models and change behaviour. However by being exposed to aggression&knowimg children are likely to imitate, it suggests children’s behaviour is determined for them. Also idea of testosterone.
