PSYCHOLOGY OF EMOTIONS

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THE PSYCHOLOGY OF EMOTIONS

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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: -In the 1960s, psychologist Albert Bandura and his colleagues conducted what is now known as the Bobo doll experiment, and they demonstrated that children may learn aggression through observation. Aggression lies at the root of many social ills ranging from interpersonal violence to war.

Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -A Bobo doll is an inflatable toy that is approximately the same size as a prepubescent child. The aim of Bandura’s experiment was to demonstrate that if children were witnesses to an aggressive display by an adult they would imitate this aggressive behavior when given the opportunity.

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