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What was the name of the psychologist who carried out the Bobo doll experiment? |
Bandura |
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What were the age of the children used? |
3-5 |
Young |
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What were the 2 conditions? |
1- adults being hostile/aggressive 2- adults being calm/relaxed |
Behaviours |
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What is the procedure? |
An adult and a child are in a room filled with toys and an inflatable Bobo doll. If they are in the aggressive condition then the adult begins to attack the doll and then they leave the room to observe if the child will act aggressively. The same process is carried out for the calm condition. |
What did they do? |
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What was the IV? |
Aggression or calm behaviour portrayed by the adult |
What was changed? |
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What was the DV? |
The reaction from the child - whether the child imitated the same behaviour that they had witnessed |
What was measured? |
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What did Bandura find? |
That children imitated the behaviour they observed by the adult so.... the aggression condition made children act with hostility whilst the calm condition make children play nicer with the doll rather than attacking it |
Results? |
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What was the conclusion? |
That children can be influenced by what they observe |
Were the children influenced? |
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What was the name of Bandura’s theory? |
Social Learning Theory |
SLT |
