Bandura

Question 1

Area

Answer 1

The developmental area

Question 2

Aim

Answer 2

To see if children would imitate aggressive behaviour shown by adults

Question 3

Sample

Answer 3

72 children from Stanford University Nursery
Equal gender split

Question 4

3 hypotheses

Answer 4

Children exposed to aggressive models would imitate this behaviour
Children were more likely to imitate models if they were the same sex
Boys are more pre-disposed to imitate aggression

Question 5

Sampling method

Answer 5

Opportunity

Question 6

Experimental design

Answer 6

Matched participants (on prior levels of aggression)

Question 7

Procedure

Answer 7

Stage 1: Each child was taken into a room with high interest toys. A model sat at a table with toys and a bobo doll. In the aggressive condition the model turned to the bobo doll after 1 minute saying ‘POW!’
Stage 2: The mild aggression arousal stage. Each child was taken into a smaller room with attractive toys such as a fire engine and jet plane. They played for 2 minutes before being told they must be saved for other children.
Stage 3: In another room, toys included the new ones such as a dart gun and crayons. They played for 20 minutes while being watched through a one way mirror.

Question 8

2 Quantitative findings

Answer 8

Boys showed 25.8 aggressive acts for an aggressive model vs 1.5 for the non aggressive model
Boys showed 38.2 imitative aggressive acts vs 12.7 for girls

Question 9

1 qualitative finding

Answer 9

‘He’s a good fighter like daddy’

Question 10

Conclusions

Answer 10

Boys are more aggressive than girls
Children tended to imitate the models’ behaviour