Bandura - Social Learning Theory
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What did Bandura believe?
People learn by watching the behaviour of others (so aggression can be learned by watching others behave in such a way)
What is the bobo doll experiment (1963)?
Carried out a series of tests involving a bobo doll
What did Bandura do in the bobo doll experiment?
Exposing children to two different adult models…
An aggressive model
A non-aggressive model
What happended in the aggressive model?
The adults were seen to…
Kick
Pummel
Throw it in the air
Hit it with a mallet
What would the kids do after witnessing the adults?
They go in the room
Imitate the behaviours they had witnessed earlier
They then come up with new ways to hurt the doll
What did the kids do after watching the non-aggressive model?
Demonstrate far less aggression towards the bobo
How do the findings for the bobo doll experiment cause criminality?
Criminal behaviour is learnt through observation (observational learning)
Observational learning is primarily caused by what 3 contexts?
Family
Peers
Media (TV and books)
What case study was influenced by media (specifically television)?
The murder of James Bulger
Who killed James Bulgar?
Two ten-year-old boys killed Jomes Bulgar:
Thomson
Venables
What media inspired the murder?
The film Child’s Play 3
Who further advanced Bandura’s Theory?
Sutherland et al. (1992)
What did Sutherland et al. (1992) do?
Considered…
Interactions with others
Different learning experiences
What happens when crime is seen in a positive light rather than a negative light under Sutherland’s theory?
Criminal behaviour is seen as acceptable
What does Sutherland suggest varies?
The frequency and importance of learning experiences and interacting with others varies
What are prisons known as?
‘Universities of crime’ because of high re-offending rates after prisons in the UK
Who is Osborn and West?
In 1979…
They discovered that 40% of sons with a criminal father aquired a conviction by the age of 18
But 13% of sons without a criminal father aquired a conviction