Bandura et al. aggression

Question 1

what were the two aims of bandura et al

Answer 1

1. they aimed to see if children would imitate agression displayed by adults
2. they aimed to see if the sex of the child and the sex of the adult would have an effect on childrens likelihood to imitate agression

Question 2

what were two findings of bandura et al

Answer 2

1. they found that children how were exposed to an agressive role model were more likely to play with the dolls agressively compared to the control group and the group that hadnt been expossed to agressive role models
2. they also found that males were more likely to imitate same sex role models when it came to physical agression

Question 3

strength of this study

Answer 3

a strength of this study is that it had high control and used a control group, they used a standerised procedure to make sure that each child experienced each condition of the study which means the study is rich in ecological validity.

Question 4

weakness of this study

Answer 4

this study exposed children to agression without considering the long term effects it could have on them which proposes ethical issues