Bandura et al.
[1961]
IV -
● Model type: whether the child saw an aggressive model, non-aggressive
model or no model
● Model gender: same gender as child or different gender
● Learner gender: whether the child was a boy or girl
DV - the learning the child displayed
AIM - to investigate whether a child would learn aggression by observing a
model and would reproduce this behaviour in the absence of the model, and
whether the sex of the role model was important
HYPOTHESES
1. Observed aggressive behaviour will be imitated so children seeing
aggressive models would be more aggressive than those seeing a non
aggressive model or no model
2. Observed non-aggressive behaviour will be imitated, so children seeing non
aggressive models will be less aggressive than those seeing no model
3. Children are more likely to copy a same-sex model
4. Boys will be more likely to copy aggression than girls
, BACKGROUND STUDIES
➢ Imitative learning (social learning) - learning of a new behaviour which is
observed in a role model and imitated later in the absence of that model
➢ Sex-typed behaviours - actions that are typically performed by one
particular gender and are seen in society as more appropriate for that
gender
➢ Aggression is seen as a masculine-type behaviour and was more commonly
imitated by boys
RESEARCH METHOD - Laboratory experiment
EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN - independent measures [but matched
for aggression in 3s]
SAMPLE -
- Stanford University nursery school
- 3 to 6 years
- 72 children
- 36 boys and 36 girls
ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS
❖ CONFIDENTIALITY- names not revealed anywhere
❖ INFORMED CONSENT - in nursery. From teachers
[1961]
IV -
● Model type: whether the child saw an aggressive model, non-aggressive
model or no model
● Model gender: same gender as child or different gender
● Learner gender: whether the child was a boy or girl
DV - the learning the child displayed
AIM - to investigate whether a child would learn aggression by observing a
model and would reproduce this behaviour in the absence of the model, and
whether the sex of the role model was important
HYPOTHESES
1. Observed aggressive behaviour will be imitated so children seeing
aggressive models would be more aggressive than those seeing a non
aggressive model or no model
2. Observed non-aggressive behaviour will be imitated, so children seeing non
aggressive models will be less aggressive than those seeing no model
3. Children are more likely to copy a same-sex model
4. Boys will be more likely to copy aggression than girls
, BACKGROUND STUDIES
➢ Imitative learning (social learning) - learning of a new behaviour which is
observed in a role model and imitated later in the absence of that model
➢ Sex-typed behaviours - actions that are typically performed by one
particular gender and are seen in society as more appropriate for that
gender
➢ Aggression is seen as a masculine-type behaviour and was more commonly
imitated by boys
RESEARCH METHOD - Laboratory experiment
EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN - independent measures [but matched
for aggression in 3s]
SAMPLE -
- Stanford University nursery school
- 3 to 6 years
- 72 children
- 36 boys and 36 girls
ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS
❖ CONFIDENTIALITY- names not revealed anywhere
❖ INFORMED CONSENT - in nursery. From teachers
