AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Bobo doll experiment demonstrated that children are able to learn social behavior such as aggression through the process of observation learning, through watching the behavior of another person. The findings support Bandura’s (1977) Social Learning Theory.

Detailed explanation-2: -Social learning theories suggest that children learn to exhibit aggressive behaviors because they observe others acting aggressively and can see how these behaviors are reinforced over time (Bandura, 1973).

Detailed explanation-3: -Bandura’s hypothesis for the Bobo Doll experiment: Boys would be more aggressive than girls. Children would be more likely to act aggressively if they witnessed adult aggressive behavior. Kids would be more inspired to act according to a model of their biological sex.

Detailed explanation-4: -The social learning theory of aggression explains how aggressive patterns develop, what provokes people to behave aggressively, and what sustains such actions after they have been initiated. The value of particular aggressive acts derives from social labeling.

Detailed explanation-5: -During the 1960s, he conducted the Bobo doll experiments, which studied observational learning. The aim of his bobo doll studies were to investigate if social behaviors (like aggression) can be learned by observation and imitation. He tested 36 boys and 36 girls between ages 3 to 6 years old.