Bandura Study 1961 Flashcards
What was the aim
To find out whether children will imitate aggressive behaviour even when in a different environment without a model present
What was the sample
36 boys, 36 girls
Stanford university nursery school
Caucasian
Aged 3-5
Average age 52 months
What were the independent variables
How the role model acted/ if there was one
Gender of the role model
Gender of the participant
How were the samples sorted
24 saw agressive role model
( 6 boys and 6 girls had a female model etc)
24 saw non aggressive
24 were control
Procedure
Room 1
Modelling room
Bobo doll and rubber mallet (aggressive)
Tinker Toy set (non aggressive)
Procedure
Room 2
Aggression arousal
Many cool toys
Researched took child in but only allowed them in for 2 minutes then said the toys weren’t for them
Procedure
Room 3
Delayed imitation
Bobo doll, mallet and gun
Tea set, tinker toy set
How were results gathered
2 researchers (1 model, 1 independent coder - didn’t know the model seen)
Watched the child for 20 minutes
Recorded every 5 seconds (test retest reliability)
240 observations made per child
Dependent variables
Directly copied
Imitative aggression responses
Physical: striking bobo doll w mallet, punching in nose, throwing in air
Verbal: hit him down, kick him
Dependent variables
(Copied somewhat)
Partially imitative response
Mallet aggression e.g using mallet on other toys
Sitting on bobo doll
Dependent variables
Not copied
Non imitative aggressive response
Slapping/ punching bobo doll
Non imitiative physical and verbal aggression
Aggressive gun play
Results (numeral)
Children who had seen an agressive role model showed 50.9 on average physical aggressive compared to 4.2 non aggressive RM
Results
Boys watching a male model were the most aggressive
Girls watching a female model were more aggressive
Girls were more verbally aggressive
Both were more likely to imitate same sex models
Conclusion
Supports Bandura SLT as children observed and imitated behaviour
Generalisability
Can’t generalise to other ages
Parents all of high education level
All Caucasian
Good Sample size, boys and girls