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Question 1

Study provided support for Bandura’s social learning theory how?

Answer 1

Learning through social behaviour & modeling

Shows identification of which models are likely to be imitated

Question 2

Study shows that children can learn as a result of imitation and without reinforcement, suggesting that?

Answer 2

This suggests that modeling is a form of observational learning

Question 3

Study shows that people will produce new behaviours that they have observed & generalize these behaviours to new situations like?

Answer 3

Expands operant conditioning by the idea that this imitative behavior can be rewarded or punished

Question 4

Female aggression seemed to cause confusion amongst children as it went against social norms such as?

Answer 4

“That’s not the way for a lady to behave”

Question 5

Aggressive male models more likely to be imitated as it was seen as normal behaviour within society

Answer 5

1. May help explain results of boys & girls aggression levels
2. May be due to children’s understanding of sex-appropriate behaviour like fighting is acceptable for boys but not girls
3. Comments like “Al’s a good socker, he beat up Bobo”
4. Girls’ higher instances of verbal aggression may be a result of non-clearly defined sex-roles and thus their outlet while possibly suppressing desire for physical aggression