AP PSYCHOLOGY

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BIOLOGICAL BASES OF BEHAVIOR

BIOLOGY OF CONSCIOUSNESS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
In Albert Bandura’s Bobo Doll Experiment, a majority of the children used the same violent techniques on the Bobo Doll they had seen the adults perform in the video. This is an example of:
A
cognitive learning.
B
innate aggressive desires.
C
observational learning.
D
learned helplessness.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Bandura and his colleagues believed that the Bobo doll experiment demonstrates how specific behaviors can be learned through observation and imitation. According to Bandura, the violent behavior of the adult models toward the dolls led children to believe that such actions were acceptable.

Detailed explanation-2: -The experiment revealed that children imitate the aggressive behavior of adults. The findings support Bandura’s social learning theory, which emphasises the influence of observational learning on behavior.

Detailed explanation-3: -Results. The results for the Bobo Doll Experiment showed, as expected by prediction one, that children who were exposed to the aggressive model were more likely to show imitative aggressive behavior themselves.

Detailed explanation-4: -After each child watched the model interact with the Bobo doll for several minutes, they were taken down the hall by an experimenter and brought to a room full of appealing toys.

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