SCT Bandura, Ross, Ross' (1961)

Question 1

date and name (Bandura Ross Ross 1961)

Answer 1

Bandura, Ross Ross 1961

Question 2

aim (Bandura Ross Ross 1961)

Answer 2

to investigate if childern would immitate aggressive models

Question 3

partisipants (Bandura Ross Ross 1961)

Answer 3

72, 3-7 year old childern, preschool at stanford univestity

24 controll group
24 with nonaggressive model
12 with female model (6/6 gender split)
12 with male model (6/6 gender split)
24 with aggressive model
ect.

Question 4

method (Bandura Ross Ross 1961)

Answer 4

• matched pairs
• in a room for 10 minutes watching either an aggressive model (hitting bobo doll and yelling at it) or a nonaggressive model (plays with toys)
• aggression arousal: sent to a room with nice toys and angered the child by moving the child after they started enjoying playing (avg 2 min)
• 20 minutes in room with less nice toys and aggressive toys (data taken by other model who didn’t know if the child had been exposed to aggression)

Question 5

results (Bandura Ross Ross 1961)

Answer 5

• boys were more aggressive than girls
• aggressive actions were more likely to be replicated by the same sex
• watching the aggressive model made the childern more aggressive

Question 6

conclution (Bandura Ross Ross 1961)

Answer 6

Childern learnt aggression by observing and replicating the actions of models with a higher tendancy to copy a same sex model

Question 7

relation to SCT (Bandura Ross Ross 1961)

Answer 7

Attention: the participants were forced to watch either a violent or non violent model
Retention: the participants where put back in the room in 30 minutes so that the memory was fresh
Reproduction: the participants were physically able to replicate the aggressive behavior
Motivation: the participants were angered and were motivated to display their anger
Reinforcement: the childern felt internal relief
How does this support SCT? It shows that childern will mimmic models without trial and error by going through the 5 stages.

Question 8

weaknesses of Bandura Ross Ross 1961

Answer 8

sample comes from the same backgroud and cant be generalised to larger populations,
using physical aggression as the base for aggressive replication (favours male aggression)

Question 9

strenths of Bandura Ross Ross 1961

Answer 9

an even split of females and males when investigating the effects of sex based aggression,
Use of the same models and location of toys (keeps variables controlled)