THE PSYCHOLOGY OF EMOTIONS
SOCIAL THEORY
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Question
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The sample of children for Bandura’s experiment were all children of Stanford University employees. Why is this a problem?
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Limited sample size
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Sampling bias
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Demand characteristics
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High ecological validity
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Social Learning Theory From this experiment, Bandura concluded that children learn behavior by watching the people around them. This is known as social learning theory.
Detailed explanation-2: -Bandura decided to use young children as his sample, because they would regard any adult as a role model and would be prepared to engage in some quite extreme behaviour without self-restraint.
Detailed explanation-3: -Bandura made several key predictions about what would occur during the Bobo doll experiment. Boys would behave more aggressively than girls. Children who observed an adult acting aggressively would be likely to act aggressively, even when the adult model was not present.
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