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Bandura Study Flashcards

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What was the aim of Bandura’s study?

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To investigate the imitation of aggression between children who witness an aggressive role model and those who don’t.

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What is the social learning theory?

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It assumes that people (specifically children) learn by observing role models and imitating their behaviours.

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What is Bandura’s first hypothesis?

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Children who witness and aggressive role model will reproduce aggressive acts resembling the models.

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What is Bandura’s second hypothesis?

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Children observing a non-aggressive role model will show less aggressive behaviour than those who observe an aggressive role model.

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What is Bandura’s third hypothesis?

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Children will imitate the behaviour of a same-sex model to a greater degree than a model of the opposite sex.

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What is Bandura’s last hypothesis?

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Boys will show significantly more imitative aggression than girls.

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How did the researchers balance out the aggression in each sub-condition for Bandura’s study?

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Children were observed on their natural levels of aggression by their nursery teachers and an experimenter using four 1-5 point rating scales.

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How many participants took part in Bandura’s study and what was the gender divide?

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72 participants- 36 female and 36 male.

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What was the age range and mean age of the participants in Bandura’s study?

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Age range= 37-69 months (3-5 years)
Mean age= 52 months (4 1/2 years)

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Where were the participants in Bandura’s study from?

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Stanford University Nursery School

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What were the conditions and sub-conditions in Bandura’s study?

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  • 24 children in the ‘Aggressive Role Model’ condition
  • 24 children in the ‘Non-Aggressive Role Model’ condition
  • 24 children in the ‘Control Group’ (no model)
  • Sub conditions being male or female role model.
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How long did room 1 last in Bandura’s study?

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10 minutes

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What were the toys in room 1 in Bandura’s study?

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  • Small table and chair where they could design pictures with potatoes, picture stickers etc.
  • Tinker toy set and five foot tall bobo doll (for adult)
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What would the aggressive role model do in Bandura’s study?

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  • Adult would begin assembling tinker toys for 1 min
  • After 1 min, role model would be aggressive and violent towards bobo doll.
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What aggression would the aggressive role model show in Bandura’s study?

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  • Raise the bobo doll and pommel its head
  • “Pow!”
  • “Sock him in the head!”
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What would the non-aggressive role model do in Bandura’s study?

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  • Adult role model would assemble tinker toys and play calmly for full 10 mins
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How long did room 2 last in Bandura’s study?

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2 minutes

18
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What was room 2 referred to in Bandura’s study?

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Mild aggression arousal phase

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What happened in room 2 in Bandura’s study?

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  • Child taken to room with exciting toys
  • After 2 mins of playing experimenter tells children “they’re their best toys and reserved for other children”
20
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Why did the experimenter not let the children play with the toys in Bandura’s study?

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To give the children something to be aggressive about in room 3.

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What toys were there in room 2 in Bandura’s study?

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Fire engines, jet planes etc.

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How long did room 3 last in Bandura’s study?

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20 mins

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What happened in room 3 in Bandura’s study?

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  • Room contains aggressive and non-aggressive toys
  • Children observed through one-way mirror
  • Behaviour recorded every 5 secs
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What were the aggressive toys that the children could play with in Bandura’s study (room 3)?

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  • Mallet
  • Peg board
  • Dart guns
  • 3 foot bobo doll
25
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What were the non- aggressive toys that the children could play with in Bandura’s study (room 3?

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  • Tea set
  • Crayons
  • Three bears
  • Plastic farm animals
26
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What were the options on the behaviour checklist in Bandura’s study?

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  • Imitation of physical aggression
  • Imitation of non- aggressive verbal responses
  • Imitation of verbal aggression
27
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What were the results of Bandura’s study?

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  • Aggressive condition displayed more non-imitative aggression
  • Non- aggressive and control conditions displayed very few aggressive behaviours
  • Male models had greater influence than female
  • Some evidence of same-sex effect for boys
  • Boys imitated more physical aggression
  • No difference between genders for verbal aggression
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What were the conclusions of Bandura’s study?

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  • Evidence for social learning theory
  • Gender influences imitation.
29
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What were the 3 IVs of Bandura’s study?

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  • Aggressive, non-aggressive or control Model
  • Sex of model
  • Sex of child
30
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What was the dependent variable of Bandura’s study?

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Number of imitative and non-imitative acts of aggression

31
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What was the research method of Bandura’s study?

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Lab experiment

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What was the research design of Bandura’s study and how do you know?

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Matched pairs design- children matched by level of natural aggression prior to observation

33
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What data did Bandura collect?

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Quantitative and nominal data

34
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List controls for Bandura’s study.

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  • Timings for each room
  • Toys in each room
  • Scripts of role-models
  • Mild aggression arousal phase
35
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What are some strengths of Bandura’s study?

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  • No gender bias
  • Lots of participants
36
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What are some weaknesses of Bandura’s study?

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  • Ethnocentric
  • Small age range
37
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How could Bandura’s study be called valid?

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It was a covert observation so there were no observer effects

38
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How could Bandura’s study be called invalid?

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  • Low ecological validity
  • Doesn’t display realistic aggressive behaviours (only aimed at toys)
39
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What are some practical applications of Bandura’s study?

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  • Censorship on TV
  • Age restrictions on media
  • BBC 9pm watershed
40
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What are the parts of Bandura’s study that make it less useful?

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  • It has a limited age range
  • Doesn’t reflect aggression in real life
41
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Why could Bandura’s study be considered unethical?

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  • Lack of protection (learnt aggressive behaviour could be long-term)
  • Lack of consent
  • Difficult to debrief children of this age

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