AP PSYCHOLOGY

PERSONALITY

SOCIAL COGNITIVE THEORIES

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which of the following best describes the study done on the island of St Helena?
A
A true experiment
B
A quasi-experiment
C
A natural experiment
D
A field experiment
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Studies like Huesmann and Eron’s have the problem of bidirectional ambiguity. This means that … We don’t know if the television viewing led to aggression or whether aggressive children spend more time watching television. The results cannot be replicated.

Detailed explanation-2: -What is an explanation for why the children in Bandura’s 1961 study did not imitate the behaviour of the female model when she was bashing the Bobo? She reminded them of their mothers. The women only engaged in verbal aggression and most of the children were too young to understand.

Detailed explanation-3: -Social Cognitive Theory (SCT) describes the influence of individual experiences, the actions of others, and environmental factors on individual health behaviors.

Detailed explanation-4: -There are five primary educational learning theories: behaviorism, cognitive, constructivism, humanism, and connectivism.

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