Bandura (methods) Flashcards
What was the aim of the study?
To investigate whether a child would learn aggression by OBSERVING a model. And would REPRODUCE this behaviour in the model absence. And whether the SEX of the model was important.
4 hypothesis
- Observed aggressive behaviours will be imitated.
- Observed non-aggressive behaviours will be imitated
- Children are more likely to copy a same sex model
- Boys will be more likely to copy aggression than girls
What was the experimental design?
Lab experiment
Controlled observation
Controlled observation
- Behaviours of children observed through 1 way mirror
- Recording of measures of aggresssive behaviours
Indepedent varible
Model type
Model gender
Learner gender
Explain what was the independent variable in Bandura’s study?
-Model type (aggressive or non aggressive)
-Model gender (same sex model(m/m)/ opposite sex model m/f)
-Learner gender (gender of child)
What was the dependent variable in Bandura’s study?
The behaviour the child displayed.
How was the dependent variable measured?
Through a controlled observation of the children.
How much children were in the sample?
72 children (36boys36girls)
How old were the children?
3-6 years old
Where were the children recruited from?
Stanford University (Nursery school)
How is inter-rater reliability measured?
-Judged using a correlation
- between 2 ratings.
-(a value of r)
High interrater relaibility
Value close to 1
Experimental design
- Independent measures design as different children were used in each condition.
- Matched pairs design as children were matched in aggression levels into 3 groups. One of each of the 3 allocated into the 3 diff conditions of of model type.
