Unit 2; Core studies; Bandura et al
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- Bandura et al
- Aim: see if children imitate aggressive behaviour
- Sample: 72 children from Stanford nursery aged 37-69 months, average 52 months
- Hypotheses
- 1. aggressive models reproduce aggressive acts
- 2. non-aggressive models would have reduced effect
- 3. imitate same sex model greater than opposite sex
- 4. boys more aggressive than girls
- Pre-Testing
- each child tested for aggression by teacher & researcher
- tested on physical & verbal aggression, aggression inhibition, aggression to inanimate objects
- put in matched groups
- Procedure
- Stage 1: 10 mins with toys & model, ag model hit bobo doll, non-ag model played with tinker toys
- Stage 2: 2 mins alone with appealing toys before told couldn't have them
- Stage 3: 20 mins in room of toys inc bobo doll & aggressive toys (toy gun) recorded actions every 5 seconds
- Results
- Physical Acts: Ag Ma: G; 7.2 B; 25.8 NA Ma: G; 0.0 B; 1.5
- Verbal Acts: AgFe: G; 13.7 B; 4.3 AgMa: G; 2.0 B; 12.7
- Conclusions
- aggression is 'transmitted'
- seeing adults act one way makes kids think its ok
- physical ag considered un-ladylike for girls but heroic for boys
- Ethics: broke consent, deception, confidentiality, protection from harm
- Ethnocentrism: US has different child guidelines, adult respect, sibling rivalry
- Reliability & Validity
- IR: standardised and replicable
- ER: clear pattern found, had inter-rater on pre-test
- IV: low risk of participant variables, hitting the bobo doll is the point of it
- EV: high as children exposed to violence, watch adults daily
- Relating to subject area
- Developmental: how child's behaviour shaped by SLT
- Influences on child behaviour; looks at model influence & SLT
- Links to Debates; Nature vs Nurture
- boys more aggressive than girls (NAT)
- they imitate the ag models & not non ag models (NUR)
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