AP PSYCHOLOGY

PERSONALITY

SOCIAL COGNITIVE THEORIES

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The researchers that watched the children in Bandura’s study had similar scores on the aggression of the children. What does this mean about the study?
A
It has predictive validity.
B
It has ecological validity.
C
It has inter-rater reliabilty.
D
It is accurate.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -It has inter-rater reliabilty. It has inter-rater reliabilty, As the scores for aggression were similar for the different researchers, we say that the study has high inter-rater reliability.

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: -The main difference is that Freud’s theory considers that children only identify with the same gender parent, whereas Bandura’s theory claims that children will identify and mirror the behavior of any other person.

Detailed explanation-4: -Albert Bandura’s social learning theory suggests that observation and modeling play a primary role in how and why people learn. Bandura’s theory goes beyond the perception of learning being the result of direct experience with the environment.

Detailed explanation-5: -He did this because he wanted to see if the aggression of the children was purely based on whether they were kids or whether aggression was learned. One strength is it was a lab experiment and one limitation was ethical concerns.

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