individualistic theories - banduras social learning theory Flashcards
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bandura’s bobo doll study
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- tested 36 boys and 36 girls between the ages of 3-6
- the children were divided into 3 groups of 24
GROUP 1 - saw an adult role model aggressively playing with a bobo doll and was rewarded with praise
GROUP 2 - saw an adult role model be punished for aggressively playing with the bobo doll
GROUP 3 - control group - didnt see aggressive behaviour
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bandura’s bobo doll study results
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GROUP 1
- imitated the aggressive behaviour that they had seen being rewarded
GROUP 2
- least likely to imitate the aggressive behaviour as they saw it being punished
GROUP 3
- didnt exhibit aggressive behaviour
therefore, wether they imitated the behaviour depended on the consequences they had observed of the model
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what is bandura’s social learning theory?
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- bandura suggests that people learn by watching the behaviour of their ROLE MODELS
- role models = who we look up to, similar to the observe e.g. gender, higher status
- if a person sees their role model being rewarded for their behaviour, they are more likely to imitate that behaviour = VICARIOUS REINFORCEMENT
- if we watch our role model being punished for their behaviour, this will make us less likely to imitate the behaviour
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STRENGTHS of bandura’s theory
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- bobo doll experiment support his theory that behaviour can be learnt
- young age group - not exposed to much negative behaviour
- experiment had control variables - e.g. gender = greater accuracy
- study has been replicated with small changes but similar results have been found about copying aggressive behaviour
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WEAKNESSES of bandura’s theory
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- unethical because Bandura exposed young children to aggressive behaviour
- doesnt consider other factors/causes of criminality e.g. biological, social
- novelty aspect of bobo doll - more likely to interact with it
- not everyone who observes crime copies it