Bandura, Ross and Ross - Transmission of aggression through imitation of an aggressive role model

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  • Created on: 20-05-13 12:08

1. What were the three rooms called?

  • Modelling stage, aggression imitation and delayed arousal
  • Modelling stage, delayed arousal and aggression imitation
  • Modelling stage, aggression arousal and delayed imitation
  • Modelling arousal, aggression stage and delayed imitation
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2. What was the IV of the experiment?

  • The observed situation - either aggressive/non-aggressive, male/female
  • The amount of aggression demonstrated by the child in a later situation
  • Whether the model was aggressive/ non-aggressive
  • The aggressiveness of the child before the experiment

3. What happened in the aggression arousal stage?

  • This room contained both aggressive and non-aggressive toys, the child was allowed to play with whatever they want while they are observed by two experimenters behind a mirror who record observations every 5 seconds for 20 minutes.
  • The room contains attractive toys, the child is allowed to play for two minutes but is then told by the experimenter "these are my best toys, they are for the other children to play with, you may play with the toys in the next room."
  • The room contained a child play area and a model play area, the child was allowed to play with potato stamps and stickers while the aggressive model played with the Bobo toy and the non-aggressive model played with the tinker toys.
  • The model demonstrates non-aggressive behavior by playing with the tinker toy.

4. What was hypothesis 3?

  • Aggressive role models will cause aggressive behaviour
  • Same sex models are more likely to be imitated
  • Boys are likely to act more aggressively than girls
  • Non-aggressive role models will mean that children will act less aggressively than the no model control group

5. What is hypothesis 4?

  • Non-aggressive role models would make children act less aggressively than if they had no model
  • Same sex models would be most likely to be imitated
  • Boys would show more aggression than girls
  • Aggressive role models would make children act more aggressively

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