In , Bandura wanted to see how much simply somebody influences our behaviour.

At the time, the general consensus was that watching violence aggression.

The study consisted of an in a room with a and the .

The adult would beat up the doll for about minutes.

When left by themselves in the room, the children would what they saw the adult do.

Another group who saw the adult play , also this.

This went the original consensus!

The experiment took place around the same time as was becoming an everyday thing in American homes.

Bandura attempted this study again, years later. This time, he wanted to study how children reacted to violence on .

Children watched two versions: one being a film of an adult the doll, the other being a version with the adult dressed up as a cat.

For nearly everyone, the children what they watched.

This study highlights the power of .

One can cause people to behave in many different ways: , selflessly, to choose certain or apparel, or even to think or .

On her first visit to the lab, a -year old child said ""Look mummy, there's the doll we have to hit".