The Bobo

From the beginning of psychology, there has never been an area of study that has not been loaded with controversy, different points of view, and contrasting data. The argument of whether genetics or environmental influence play a larger role in a person’s cognitive functions and development is no exception. Like other controversial areas of study in psychology, there is no clear answer about whether nature or nurture play a bigger part in a person’s cognition. While some cognitive processes may…

Race and Racism in IR A race is a group of people sharing a similar genetic makeup which enable them to be differentiated from others by biological aspects. Racism is the show of hostility or discriminating someone on the basis of their race. Other opinions outline racism as a belief of the inequality of races and that treatment of people should be according to their origin. Therefore, a racist is one believing in the superiority of their race over that of others. On the same note, racism may be…

Coraline (Synopsis) By: Neil Gaiman "You see, Caroline," Miss Spink said, getting Coraline's name wrong, "Both myself and Miss Forcible were famous actresses, in our time. We trod the boards, luvvy. Oh, don't let Hamish eat the fruitcake, or he'll be up all night with his tummy." "It's Coraline. Not Caroline. Coraline," said Coraline. On the first day Coraline's family moved in, Miss Spink and Miss Forcible made a point of telling Coraline how dangerous the well was, and they warned her to…

Domestic violence is something that most people do not want to talk about. It is the dirty little secret kept my families to protect those who are committing the behavior. The problem is that violence is not ok and the more it is pushed under the rug and a blind eye turned to it, the worse it gets. As a matter of fact, ignoring domestic violence can have potentially deadly consequences. What causes a person to become violent? Are they born with a predisposition to it because of their inherited…

is no stimuli to interest students to get them to pay attention in class. In comparison to Albert Banduras' Social Learning Theory, Skinner's one is a more effective as there is direct contact with the pleasure stimuli. With reference to Bandura's Bobo Doll Experiment (1961), children imitate the behaviours of an adult model on a doll. For example a young boy is left to watch wrestling on television. He will be led to another room where there is a doll, and he would start acting out the actions…

Some psychologist such as Albert Bandura, B.F Skinner and John Watson theory and experiments have supported the nurture side of the debate. In Bandura’s famous Bobo doll experiment (Bandura, 1961) it is seen that social learning theory states that aggression is a learnt from the environment through observation and imitation. Skinner (1957) also believed that language is learnt from other people via behaviour shaping…

Dr. Bruce Lipton, an American developmental biologist who is widely known for promoting the idea that genes and DNA can be manipulated by a person’s environmental factors and personal beliefs, once said, “Genes load the gun, but environment pulls the trigger.” The debate of Nature versus Nurture has been a timeless controversy over whether or not Nature, in reference “to all of the genes and hereditary factors that influence who we are- from our physical appearance to our personality…

- conflicting or harmonious nature of their relations RCT was present in a classical social psychology experiment, commonly known as ‘Robbers Cave’ conducted by: MUZAFER SHERIFF AND COLLEAGUES (1954) * Studied group behaviour * -researcher carefully observed the behaviours of the children * Reason – to learn how group conflict developed and how it might be resolved among the children This was identified through 3 stages * group formation * intergroup conflict: group…

behaviour is learned e.g. children like to perceive what they see and this is exactly how they learn and imitate behaviours that they have seen other people do. An experiment was made to prove this theory by Bandura, a doll was used for the experiment (the Bobo doll) to prove what he was explaining as to how children look up to older people. (DanielaPaulo Unit 8 P1, 2014) In relation to smoking it underlines certain health behaviours and how displeasing smoking is. Operant theory has a sense of…

Puerto Rico, Nicaragua, Venezuela, and others. The people from each of these countries have different dialects. For example, Puerto Ricans and Cubans have different names for the same things. We Cubans say "pomo de leche" while the Puerto Ricans say "bobo." Both words mean baby bottle. But even having so many different dialects inside the U.S., we still are able to communicate with each other in a very understandable…