Pro-Social behaviour - Social learning explanation.
- Created by: Liberty
- Created on: 21-01-13 18:43
View mindmap
- Pro-Social behaviour - Social learning explanation.
- Hearold 1986
- Meta analysis of 190 studies on the effects of TV on pro-social behaviour.
- Suggests most studies show that pro-social behaviour is encouraged by the use of positive role models and pro-social messages and themes.
- Such programmes generally make children more helpful
- The effects of pro-social programmes on children's behaviour were almost twice as great as the effects of anti-social behaviour.
- Supports the idea of the social learning theory that children learn pro-social behaviour by imitating what they have observed
- Correlational study - cannot determine cause and effect
- Lots of supporting studies
- Ignores individual trends
- Sprafkin et al (1975)
- Found that 6 years olds who watched an episode of Lassie where a boy rescued a puppy from a mine, offered help more quickly to some distressed puppies and for a longer time than 6 year olds who did not watch an episode of Lassie with helping in it, even though they had to stop playing a game which involved them winning prizes.
- Study supports the social learning theory as it involves the children observing a character on the TV and imitating it
- Lab experiment - low external validity
- Ignores individual differences as some children may generally be more helpful and less competitive than other children
- High control of variables
- Hearold 1986
Comments
No comments have yet been made