Bandura, Ross & Ross Quiz

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Children who observe an aggressive model will reproduce the aggressive acts of the model. These aggressive acts will not be seen in children who have observed non-aggressive models or are not exposed to a model.

Children will imitate same sex models more than opposite sex models.

Boys will be more likely to imitate aggressive behaviour than girls.

72 participants. 36 girls & 36 boys.

100 participants. 50 girls & 50 boys.

84 participants. 44 girls & 40 boys

37 months to 69 months, the average age was 52 months.

30 months to 59 months, the average age was 52 months.

37 months to 71 months, the average age was 52 months.

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Three, a male and a female model and a female experimenter who conducted the study.

Four, a male and a female model and two male experimenters who conducted the study.

The experimenter and nursery teacher who both knew the children well gave them a rating out of 5 on the pre-existing aggression level. They were then grouped in to groups of 3 and each one went into one condition.

The children were left alone in room 3 so the experimenter didn't influence them, they were observed through a one way mirror every 5 seconds for 20 minutes creating a total of 240 observations.

Matched pairs design.

Laboratory Experiment.

Independant measures

Field Experiment.

The male and female models were briefed to behave in the same way and they were both used throughout the study.

Children had all the same toys offered to them.

A marl and female model were used.

Potato prints, picture stickers, tinker toy set, mallet, five-foot bobo doll.

Fire truck, a doll, spinning top.

Toy cars, dinosaurs, teddy bears.

Pushed the bobo doll over, sat on, punched, kicked, threw it around and hit it in the head with a mallet. These acts were repeated about three times. They also used phrases such as "sock him in the nose" and "hit him down". They also used non aggressive phrases such ad "he sure is a tough fella". After 10 minutes the child was moved to another room.

The model began to act aggressive towards the car toys forcing them to crash into each other and shouting phrases like "I'm going to smash this car up".

Right to withdraw

Informed consent

Protection from harm

Privacy

Confidentiality

Deception

All toys were placed in exactly the same places.

The children all had to be left alone.

Bobo doll, a mallet and dart guns.

Toy gun, tool kit and racing cars

Imitative aggression (hitting with mallet/kicking/tossing in air)

Imitative verbal aggression ("sock him in the nose", " pow" and "kick him")

Imitative non aggressive verbal responses ("he sure is a tough fella")

Girls

Boys

It was roughly equal