SOCIAL LEARNING THEROY (BOBO DOLL EXPERIMENT)

SOCIAL LEARNING THEROY (BOBO DOLL EXPERIMENT)

1. AIM

   • GENERAL: To demonstrate that learning can occur through observation of role models
     • SPECIFIC: The first was to see if children would imitate aggression modeled by an adult. The second was to discover whether children were more likely to imitate same-sex models.

2. HYPOYHESIS

   • 1). "...subjects exposed to aggressive models will reproduce aggressive acts resembling those of the models..."
     • 2)- "...the observation of non-aggressive models will have a generalized inhibiting effect on the subject's subsequent behaviour..."
       • 3). "...subjects will imitate the behaviour of a same-sex model to a greater degree than a model of the opposite sex..."
         • 4). "...boys will be more predisposed than girls towards imitating aggression..."

3. METHOD

   • 36 boys and 36 girls (3 to 6 years old) divided into groups according to their aggression evaluation from their parents and teachers:
     • Group 1: •Was exposed to adult models who showed aggression by beating up a Bobo Doll. Models were of both genders.
     • Group 2: •Observed an adult model who displayed no aggression. Models were of both genders.
     • Group 3: •Was a controlled group who did not see any model. (Control)

4. METHOD

   • The children were then placed into the room with a Bobo doll after 10 minutes of watching the modelThe groups were exposed to different levels of aggression and some of the models were same-sex and some were opposite-sex models.
     • They were then asked to play with toys themselves.IV:The condition the children were exposed to, the sex of the role model and the sexof the child.DV:the aggression of the children and the type of it (verbal or physical or both)