Bobo Doll Experiment

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Bobo doll experiment was conducted by

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Albert bandura

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Aim?

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To find out if children imitate aggressive behavior even when in a different environment and without the model present

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Hypothesis 1

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Children will Imitate the aggressive behavior of models

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Hypothesis 2

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Nonaggressive models will have a deterring effect

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Hypothesis 3

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Same sex models will have more influence

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Hypothesis 4

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Boys will imitate aggressive more then girls

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The study?

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It was a laboratory experiment with observation.

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How many? How old?

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36 boys and 36 girls from stanford university of nursery school

Ages 3-5

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What is stage 1

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Modeling

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Stage 1

Exposed to what?

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Children spend 10 minutes in room containing toys. While being exposed to

~Either an agressive model (male or female)

~Or a nonaggressive model

~Or not exposed to a model at all

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What is stage 2

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Aggressive arousal

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Stage 2

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Children are taken into a room with attractive toys.

Once they begin playing, experimenters tell them the toys are reserved for others children

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What is stage 3

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Test for delayed imitation

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Stage 3

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-Next room contained both nonaggressive and agressive toys.

-Children were in the room for 20 mins.

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Results 1

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Children who observe the aggressive model were far more aggressive

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Results 2

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Girls showed more physical aggression if the model was male but more verbal aggression if the model was female.

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Results 3

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Boys were more likely to imitate same-sex models then girls.

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Results 4

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Boys imitated more physical aggressive acts than girls.