SLT - Bandura and the doll Flashcards
what is the studies aim?
The study aimed to investigate whether children would imitate aggressive behaviour they observed in adults.
what does this study demonstrate?
The study demonstrates the concept of observational learning, part of (Albert Bandura) his social theory.
how many steps are in this prodcedure?
there are 4 steps in this study
what is the first step?
the study included participants whom where children, aged 3-6, in a nursery school
what is the second step?
children where individually tested for their levels of aggression by observing their behaviour in a playroom.THey were rated by teachers on a scale: low, medium and high aggression.This pretest helped ensure that group were balanced ion terms of aggression.
what is the third step?
The children were divided into groups depending on what they scored in their pre-test
how many groups were the children divided into?
the children were divided into three group
what were the name of these groups?
they were called: aggressive model group, non-aggressive model group and control group
what was the aggressive model group shown?
the children watched a video of an adult acting aggressive towards a bobo doll. that adult would hit,kick and verbally assault the doll. e.g: ‘kick him!’
what was the non-aggressive model group shown?
the children viewed a video of an adult playing calmly and non-aggressively with toys, ignoring the bobo doll COMPLETELY
what was the control group shown?
this group did not see any model at all
what was step 4?
After viewing the video each child was taken to a room filled with toys, including the bobo doll.they were observed through a mirror.they were given 20 mins to play and researchers recorded instances of aggression
how many children in total were used?
72
what was the main object in the room?
bobo doll
what type of experiment was this?
laboratory
