Bandura's Research (approaches | LA: Social Learning Theory) Flashcards

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Bandura (1961) set up the following study to investigate

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social learning theory (SLT) in terms of whether children would imitate an aggressive role model

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Bandura (1961) set up the following study to investigate social learning theory (SLT) in terms of whether children would imitate an aggressive role model, aims:

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  • to investigate the effect of observed aggression on children’s behaviour
  • to investigate the effect of same-sex modelling on children’s aggressive behaviour
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Bandura (1961) set up the following study to investigate social learning theory (SLT) in terms of whether children would imitate an aggressive role model, procedure:

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  • 72 participants took part in the study
  • 36 girls
  • 36 boys
  • aged between 37-69 months
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Bandura (1961) set up the following study to investigate social learning theory, the children were taken from

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the Stanford University nursery

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Bandura (1961) set up the following study to investigate social learning theory, Bandura asked the nursery staff to

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rate each child’s aggression before the experiment

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Bandura (1961) set up the following study to investigate social learning theory, Bandura used the nursery staff’s aggression ratings to

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devise a matched pairs experimental design so that each condition of the independent variable would comprise an equal balance of aggressive children

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Bandura (1961) set up the following study to investigate social learning theory, Bandura used the nursery staff’s aggression ratings to devise a matched pairs experimental design so that each condition of the independent variable would comprise an equal balance of aggressive children e.g.

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a high-aggression child in one condition would be matched with a high-aggression child in another condition

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Bandura (1961) set up the following study to investigate social learning theory, an adult male or female

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model was observed per condition (the models were not known to the children) with a large inflatable doll named Bobo

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Bandura (1961) set up the following study to investigate social learning theory, there were three conditions of the independent variable:

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  • aggressive model
  • non‐aggressive model
  • control group
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Bandura (1961) set up the following study to investigate social learning theory, there were three conditions of the independent variable: Aggressive model

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the model behaved aggressively towards the Bobo doll, using pre-determined, standardised behaviours e.g. hitting Bobo with a toy hammer

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Bandura (1961) set up the following study to investigate social learning theory, there were three conditions of the independent variable: Non‐aggressive model

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the model behaved in a non-aggressive way

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Bandura (1961) set up the following study to investigate social learning theory, there were three conditions of the independent variable: Control group

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no model was present

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Bandura (1961) set up the following study to investigate social learning theory, there was an equal number of

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times in which a same-sex model or opposite-sex model was used per condition

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Bandura (1961) set up the following study to investigate social learning theory, each child observed

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the behaviour of the model for 10 minutes (aggressive or non-aggressive depending on the condition)

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Bandura (1961) set up the following study to investigate social learning theory, after this period of observation,

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each child was taken down a corridor and to another room

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Bandura (1961) set up the following study to investigate social learning theory, each child was told that

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they could not play with the toys in the new room as they were being saved for other children (the aggression arousal phase, to ensure a baseline across conditions)

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Bandura (1961) set up the following study to investigate social learning theory, each child was then taken

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to a room containing a Bobo Doll, aggressive toys such as a mallet and a dart gun and non-aggressive toys such as farm toys and crayons

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Bandura (1961) set up the following study to investigate social learning theory, the participants were observed in

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the Bobo Doll room using a one-way mirror for a duration of 20 minutes

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Findings: children who had

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observed aggressive behaviour were more likely to be aggressive towards the Bobo doll

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Findings: boys were

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more physically aggressive

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Findings: girls were

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more verbally aggressive

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Findings: children were

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more likely to imitate the behaviour of the same-sex role model

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Conclusion: aggression can be

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learned via the mechanisms of SLT

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Conclusion: imitation

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of aggression can occur after only a single exposure to the aggressive act

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Conclusion: aggression may be
observed in one setting and imitated in a different setting
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Bandura's Bobo doll study diagram
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Evaluation of Bandura's research Strengths - Bandura used
a well-controlled, standardised procedure across several phases
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Evaluation of Bandura's research Strengths - Bandura used a well-controlled, standardised procedure across several phases, this means that
the study could be replicated easily
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Evaluation of Bandura's research Strengths - Bandura used a well-controlled, standardised procedure across several phases, repeated replication
of a study means that the results can be checked for consistency across time and using different samples
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Evaluation of Bandura's research Strengths - Bandura used a well-controlled, standardised procedure across several phases, the above observations mean
that the study has good reliability
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Evaluation of Bandura's research Strengths - The results of Bandura's study
fuelled much debate as to children's exposure to the depiction of violence on television
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Evaluation of Bandura's research Strengths - The results of Bandura's study fuelled much debate as to children's exposure to the depiction of violence on television, this means that
his study has good external validity as it can be applied to settings and behaviours beyond the experimental space itself
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Evaluation of Bandura's research Limitations - Children do not
'learn' aggression in lab conditions; real-life violence is generally observed in familiar settings involving familiar adults
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Evaluation of Bandura's research Limitations - Children do not 'learn' aggression in lab conditions; real-life violence is generally observed in familiar settings involving familiar adults, this makes
Bandura's study less ecologically valid than research conducted in the field would be
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Evaluation of Bandura's research Limitations - There are numerous
ethical issues with this study
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Evaluation of Bandura's research Limitations - There are numerous ethical issues with this study, asking nursery
workers to rate children's aggression is intrusive and may have encouraged bias
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Evaluation of Bandura's research Limitations - There are numerous ethical issues with this study, some of the children were
exposed to an aggressive adult which may have alarmed and distressed them
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Evaluation of Bandura's research Limitations - There are numerous ethical issues with this study, the aggression
arousal phase may have upset the children
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Evaluation of Bandura's research Limitations - There are numerous ethical issues with this study, the children in the aggressive condition may
have gone on to use similar aggression outside of the experiment