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Psychology

Social Psychology

IB Psychology (SL)

Sociocultural approach to understanding behaviour

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Name of the Researcher

Bandura

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Year of Publication

1961

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IB Questions

  • The Individual and the Group - Social Cognitive Theory

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Aim

To investigate if children imitates the behaviour of an aggressive adult.

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Research Method

True Experiment (Laboratory)

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Participants

36 Boys and 36 Girls

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Procedure

  1. Children were randomly allocated to different conditions of the aggression levels of an adult model:

    a. Aggressive

    b. Passive

    c. No Adult Model

  2. The children were put in the same room alone with the doll, and their aggression was measured.

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Results

  • Boys were 3x more aggressive than girls.

  • The children were aggressive if they had been exposed to aggression.

  • Children are more likely to imitate aggressive behaviour if the model is of the same gender.

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Strengths

+ High Internal Validity

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Limitations

- Ethical Concerns
- Small Sample
- Low Ecological Validity