Carrying out research for this theme I discovered that there was an experiment called the ‘Bobo doll experiment’ by Albert Bandura that backs up his theory on children observing and copying the behaviour that they see as “children pay attention to some of these people (models) and encode their behaviour” (McLead S, 2016). This will enhance my practice as now I will be able to make sure my own and other staff members actions are not going to negatively impact or cause the child to act negatively. This means that I can help show the child how they should act towards others and teach them that there is certain actions that they shouldn’t copy.
