⭐⭐Joy, Kimball and Zabrack

Question 1

Possible Questions

Answer 1

Discuss Social Cognitive Theory.

Question 2

Year

Answer 2

1986

Question 3

Aim

Answer 3

Study the impact of television on children’s aggressive behavior.

Question 4

Sample

Answer 4

120 children in town called Notel

Question 5

Procedure

Answer 5

Longitudal naturalistic experiment
- 3 small towns, British Columbia, Canada
- TV introduced to Notel in 1973
- Two other communities used as control. Already had access to TV, but gained access to same channel as Notel at same time
- Psychologists observed behavior of children on playground in 1973, and in 1975 2 years after to see if there was any difference
- teacher and parent ratings of aggressive behavior
- television viewing habits obtained

Question 6

Results and Conclusion

Answer 6

• Aggressive behavior in children of Notel increased significantly from 1973 to 1975
• Aggressive behavior in children in other two towns did not increase significantly
• Males were more physically aggressive than females

Children may develop aggressive behavior by watching television.

Question 7

Evaluation

Answer 7

Ecological Validity: High
- Natural setting

Internal Validity: low
- many uncontrolled variables
- hard to determine cause and effect relationship

Researcher Triangulation
- Many observers compared results

Data triangulation
- Data obtained from parents and teachers as well as researchers

Reliability
- Since natural experiment, not easy to replicate