CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

GROWTH DEVELOPMENT CHILD

OPERANT CONDITIONING

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who demonstrated observational learning through his Bobo Doll experiment?
A
John Garcia
B
Albert Bandura
C
Robert Rescorla
D
John Watson
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Bobo doll experiment, groundbreaking study on aggression led by psychologist Albert Bandura that demonstrated that children are able to learn through the observation of adult behaviour.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Bobo doll experiment (or experiments) is the collective name for a series of experiments performed by psychologist Albert Bandura to test his social learning theory. Between 1961 and 1963, he studied children’s behavior after watching an adult model act aggressively towards a Bobo doll.

Detailed explanation-3: -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.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Bobo doll experiment was conducted by Albert Bandura in 1961 [1] and studied patterns of behavior associated with aggression. Additional studies of this type were conducted by Bandura in 1963 [2] and 1965. A Bobo doll is an inflatable toy that is approximately the same size as a prepubescent child.

Detailed explanation-5: -Albert Bandura is an influential social cognitive psychologist who is perhaps best known for his social learning theory, the concept of self-efficacy, and his famous Bobo doll experiments. He is a Professor Emeritus at Stanford University and is widely regarded as one of the greatest living psychologists.

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