A Bobo doll (Image B) was inflated to about 5 feet tall. 72 Children 36 boys and 36 girls aged between 42 - 71 months old, were made to observe an adult behave aggressively toward the doll. While this was occurring the children were observed and their reactions and behaviour measured when they saw the model get rewarded, punished, or experience no consequence at all for hitting, slapping and kicking the bobo doll. The social learning theory says that people learn through observing, imitating, and modelling. It shows that people not only learn by being rewarded or punished, but they can also learn from observing others being rewarded/punished this is known as observational learning.
