THE PSYCHOLOGY OF EMOTIONS
SOCIAL THEORY
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Question
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She reminded them of their mothers.
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The women only engaged in verbal aggression and most of the children were too young to understand.
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The children were afraid of her.
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Her behaviour was not seen as consistent with women’s behaviour.
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Detailed explanation-1: -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-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: -The experiment was executed via a team of researchers who physically and verbally abused an inflatable doll in front of preschool-age children, which led the children to later mimic the behaviour of the adults by attacking the doll in the same fashion.
Detailed explanation-4: -Vicarious Reinforcement Bobo Doll Study This is known as vicarious reinforcement. We are more likely to imitate behavior that is rewarded and refrain from behavior that is punished.
Detailed explanation-5: -The initial study, along with Bandura’s follow-up research, would later be known as the Bobo doll experiment. The experiment revealed that children imitate the aggressive behavior of adults. The findings support Bandura’s social learning theory, which emphasises the influence of observational learning on behavior.