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Cambridge International Bandura details

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What is social learning?   Learning through observing others  
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Outline what is meant by 'mediational processes'   The cognitive factors involved in deciding whether or not to imitate a model  
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Define aggression   An act towards another, or an object, which intends to cause it/them harm  
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In the background to this study, what gender differences in aggression were identified?   Males are more aggressive than females  
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What was the aim of this study?   To see if children will imitate aggressive behaviour; and whether gender plays a role  
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Identify the independent variables in this study   Gender of the child; aggressive or non-aggressive model; gender of the model  
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What type of study was this?   Controlled observation  
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How many different groups were participants split into?   8  
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What was the experimental design in this study?   Matched pairs  
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Identify all of the dependent variables in this study   How the child behaves with the doll - aggression, imitation  
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On what criteria were participants matched? How did they achieve this?   How aggressive they were in general - asking their teachers and parents to rate their aggression levels  
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How did Bandura operationalise the dependent variable?   Behavioural categories included: imitative aggression, non-imitative aggression, mallet aggression, verbal aggression, imitative verbal aggression, aggressive gun play  
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How did Bandura frustrate the children before they were placed in the room with the Bobo Doll?   Showed them attractive toys and then said they couldn't play with them  
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For how long were the children left in the room with the Bobo Doll?   20 minutes  
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What sampling technique was used to record observations?   Time sampling - record the behaviour at 5-second intervals  
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List all of the examples of verbal aggression that the model displayed   Kick him, Sock him, Hit him down, Throw him in the air, Pow  
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Describe the room that the children were taken to for the test for delayed imitation   A series of aggressive (e.g. Bobo Doll, mallet) and non-aggressive (e.g. tea set, crayons) toys were placed in a standardised way around the room  
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Outline the findings, based on aggression of the model   Exposure to an aggressive model led to more aggression from the ppts  
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Outline the findings, based on the gender of the model   If the gender of the model matched that of the child, aggression was more likely  
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Outine the findings, based on the gender of the child   Males were more aggressive than the females  
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Outline the conclusions of this study   Exposure to aggression leads to more aggression (support for social learning theory)  
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Outline one ethical issue of this study   Children may take the learned aggression beyond the study  
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Outline one way in which this study could be considered ethical   Gained parental consent  
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