Original Bobo doll Flashcards
What was the aim? BOBO DOLL
To see if children exposed to an aggressive model would later reproduce aggressive acts
How many experimental conditions? BOBO DOLL
8
How many children in each experimental condition? BOBO DOLL
6
How many children in the control group? BOBO DOLL
24
How many of the participants in the experimental had an aggressive model and how many didn’t? BOBO DOLL
Half did and half didn’t
What happened in room 1 in the aggressive condition? BOBO DOLL
The model played with a toy for a minute and then began to act aggressively towards the Bobo doll
What happened in room 1 in the non aggressive condition? BOBO DOLL
The model only played with you set and was subdued
After how long was the child taken into another room? BOBO DOLL
10 minutes
What was the child shown and told in room 2? And why were they told this? BOBO DOLL
Shown toys but were told that they were not allowed to play with them, this was to make them frustrated to ensure their emotional levels were similar
What was in room three for the children to play with? BOBO DOLL
A Bobo doll, a mallet and the toy set and a toy gun
What was a result? BOBO DOLL
Watching the aggressive model led to more aggressive acts being copied
What was concluded? BOBO DOLL
Not all behaviour is shaped by reward or punishment as suggested by Skinner
High reliability? BOBO DOLL
Standardised procedures- all children were put into a similar emotional state
Lacks ecological validity? BOBO DOLL
Lab experiment- children may have felt they were had to play with them and were supposed to act in a certain way
