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Aim
do children who witness aggression later imitate that aggression?
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hypothesis
* subjects exposed to an aggressive model will re produce aggressive acts * subjects exposed to non aggressive acts will not be aggressive * subjects will imitate same sex models to a greater degree * boys will be more aggressive than girls
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variables
* IV- type of role model like aggressive or non aggressive, male or female role model and children * DV- children behaviour
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data collection
* structured observation * behavioural checklist * time sampling ( behaviour recorded every 5 seconds)
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Participants
* 72 children from Stanford University nursery * 37-69 months old
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Experimental group (aggressive)
Aggressive
12 boys + 12 girls
\-FRM,FC
\-FRM,MC
\-MRM,FC
MRM,MC
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Experimental group (Non aggressive)
12 boys + 12 girls
\-FRM,FC
\-FRM,MC
\-MRM,FC
MRM,MC
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Control group
* no role model * 12 boys + 12 girls
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Method
* lab experiment
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Design
matched groupes
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Initial observation (before acc procedure)
* children observed and scored out of 20 * physical aggression 0-5 * verbal aggression 0-5 * aggression to objects 0-5 * inhibition (shy/centre of attention) 0-5
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Procedure (stage 1)
Exposure to role models
non aggressive group
* child sat at table with arts and crafts * experimenter comes in with RM * RM sits quietly
aggressive group * everything the same but the RM performs a series of violent actions eg, throw bobo doll around, punches and hits the doll, makes aggressive comments
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Procedure (stage 2)
Aggression arousal
* experimenter takes child into a toy filled room * child stays in room until they are focused on one toy experimenter says “NO THESE TOYS R FOR GOOD CHILDREN NOT FOR U”
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Procedure (stage 3)
Test of Imitation
* children in room with one way mirror so experimenter can observe from the other side * there is a peg board and mallet a tetherball arts and crafts, toys, a gun and the bobo doll * children stay in room for 20 minutes while the researcher records what they do from the other side of the glass using a behavioural checklist
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results
* subjects with aggressive role models more likely to imitate aggressive behaviour eg, mallet aggression in FC shown the MRM was 18.8 whereas FC shown non aggressive MRM was 0.5. * showing SLT
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Evaluation-method
\+shows cause and effect
\+high level of control
\-low ecological validity because its a lab experiment
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Evaluation-data
quantitative:
\+easy to compare
\-lacks detail
qualitative:
\+more detail
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Evaluation-ethics
\+confidentiality
\-no consent from parents
\-no right to withdraw
\-taught aggression, cannot be undone
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Evaluation-ethnocentrism
* if a culture is calm kids more likely to be
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nature/nurture
NURTURE
* everything was learnt
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Determinism/ freewill
DETERMINISM
* RM is determining the behaviour of the child
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Reductionism/ holism
Reductionist
* as stimulus causes a response, the behaviour of role model caused the child to be aggressive.