Social learning theory- ASB

Question 1

Who provides research support for social learning theory?

Answer 1

Bandura

Comstock and Paik

Question 2

What did Bandura find?

Answer 2

Pps in the no consequence and rewarded condition copied significantly more violent behavior than those who saw the punished ending
All children copied the same, high amount of violence when given an incentive

Question 3

What kind of Study did Comstock and Paik do?

Answer 3

Meta analysis of 10,000 studies

Question 4

Comstock and Paik main finding?

Answer 4

Viewing violent behavior in the media increased aggressive behavior in the short term
Had no long term effect

Question 5

What factors did Comstock and Paik found increased the effect of media violence?

Answer 5

Person behaving violently was portrayed as similar to the viewer
Violent behavior was presented as being an efficient way of getting what the character wants

Question 6

What IDA points would you use to evaluate SLT?

Answer 6

Practical applications

Nature nurture debate

Question 7

What practical applications could SLT produce?

Answer 7

-Set a TV watershed

Should prevent children from viewing aggressive behavior, meaning they become less violent

Question 8

Explain the nature nurture debate paragraph

Answer 8

Focus of psychological effects of media
May be media biological effects, like desensitization. May be watching media violence had effects on brain, reducing empathy

Question 9

What is a strength of the research support?

Answer 9

Well triangulated evidence. Bandura did lab experiment with poor validity, although Comstock and Piak looked at real life agression