Bandura (1961)

Question 1

What was the aim of Banduras original bobo doll experiment?

Answer 1

To see whether aggressive behaviour could be aquired through observation of aggressive models.

Question 2

How many participants were there in the original bobo doll experiment?

Answer 2

36 boys and 36 girls ages 3-6.

Question 3

Describe the grouping process of Banduras original bobo do experiment

Answer 3

Split them into same sex groups of 3s and allocated them to a control group.
Aggression group
Non-aggression group
Control group

Question 4

What were the 3 steps of Banduras original experiment?

Answer 4

1. Children bought into a room with an observation and allowed to play with toys
2. Children were shown new toys in a new room but told they weren’t for them.
3. Taken into another room with a range of toys including an inflatable bobo doll and observed.

Question 5

What were the findings of Banduras original bobo doll experiment?

Answer 5

Children who had witnessed the aggressive model were more likely to imitate the aggressive behaviour than those who had not.
Boys were more likely to imitate aggression shown by a same sex model.

Question 6

What was the conclusion of Banduras original bobo doll study?

Answer 6

Aggression can be acquired by imitating models especially when the model and the observed are the same gender.

Question 7

Evaluate the generalisability of Banduras original bobo doll experiment?

Answer 7

Large sample:
72 children is a large enough sample that anomalies will be cancelled out.
However they are still children so less generalisable to adults.

Question 8

Evaluate the R of Banduras original bobo doll experiment ?

Answer 8

Standardised procedure:
Bandura kept the same script and his study was replicated many times.

Question 9

How can Banduras original bobo do experiment be applied?

Answer 9

Parenting:
Children observe and imitate animals so if you want your children to grow up calm you need to keep your temper down.

Question 10

Evaluate the V of Banduras original bobo doll experiment?

Answer 10

Lacks validity:
Children were in an unusual situation which may have made them act unnaturally. Demand characteristics like the children playing because they thought they were supposed to.

Question 11

Evaluate the E of Banduras original experiment?

Answer 11

Harm:
The aggressive behaviour they learned may have stayed with them going on to become a behavioural problem.