Bandura et al. (aggression) past paper questions

Question 1

Describe the psychology that is being investigated in the study by Bandura et al. (aggression).

Answer 1

Social learning theory is being investigated which centres around observing and imitating behaviours. People observe the model and must feel motivated to want to imitate the behaviours. Aggression was also being investigated which is a behaviour where there is intention to harm another person of object and is usually forceful or hostile. It can be physical and verbal as shown by children in the study by imitation for example: hitting or shouting.