PSYCHOLOGY OF EMOTIONS

THE PSYCHOLOGY OF EMOTIONS

SOCIAL THEORY

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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: -Conclusion. 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.

Detailed explanation-3: -Bandura also found that the children exposed to the aggressive model were more likely to act in verbally aggressive ways than those who were not exposed to the aggressive model. The number of imitative verbal aggressions exhibited by the boys was much more than by the girls.

Detailed explanation-4: -Research by Bandura has also suggested that young children imitate adults’ aggressive actions that they witness in contrived social settings. Thus, aggressive behavior is thought to occur because it has been either modeled or reinforced over time.

Detailed explanation-5: -They were rated on 4 five-point scales measuring physical aggression, verbal aggression, aggression to inanimate objects, and anxiety. They were assigned to 3 groups with their aggression levels matched. 51 children were rated by 2 observers and similar ratings were produced therefore, there is inter-rater reliability.

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