Essays Tagged: "Bobo doll experiment"

Communication essay: audience participation.

exposed to a media stimuli and their responses is then measured. An example is Bandura and Walters 'Bobo Doll' experiment in 1963, in which children were showing films of adults acting aggressively to ...

(8 pages) 360 2 4.1 Nov/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Communication Studies > The Media

Bandura and Social Learning Theory

the hundreds of studies Bandura was responsible for, one group stands out above the others -- the "bobo doll studies" (Boeree, 1998). He made of film of one of his students, a young woman, essentiall ... dergartners. They then were let out to play. Observing the play room which consisted of hammers and bobo dolls, of course, were several researchers. The observers recorded: A lot of little kids beatin ...

(3 pages) 385 0 3.8 Feb/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Communication Studies > The Media

Stop Aggression before it is too late!

then it already is.According to Albert Bandura, a psychologist know for the famous research of the "bobo doll", children learn directly from what they observe or is more commonly known as the "social ... he child could not play with the toy anymore. Out of frustration, each child punched and kicked the bobo dolls (Socially 2). Without aggressive modeling, children averaged one through two aggressive r ...

(8 pages) 110 0 5.0 Jul/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

Psychology A2 level media essay - the effects that PRO/ANTI-SOCIAL behaviour has on AGGRESSION

merican society. The study depends heavily on the work of Bandura (1965) and his colleagues in the 'Bobo doll experiments' from which he derived the social learning theory. Bandura's experiment and hi ... the social learning theory. Bandura's experiment and his theory, however, have several flaws:* The Bobo doll is not a living human being. There is a significant difference between violent action towa ...

(5 pages) 80 0 5.0 Nov/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

Arthur Stringer School Yard Observation: A study of child interactions

n group to rough house with. Similar behavior has been demonstrated using experiments, such as the "Bobo doll" experiment performed by Alfred Bandura, where children were shown films of people pelting ... hildren were shown films of people pelting the doll with stones, then children were placed with the Bobo and they imitatively began to pelt it with stones (Bain, et al, 2002, p.21). Flash's behavior s ...

(5 pages) 60 0 4.6 May/2005

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Communication Studies

The Social Learning Theory of Bandura.

ial identity.A study in which young children were shown adults interacting with a character called "Bobo Doll" was conducted in order to prove that observation is a primary form of learning. In one fi ... in order to prove that observation is a primary form of learning. In one film, the adults attacked Bobo, and in another they were friendly to it. One group of children were shown one film another gro ...

(6 pages) 482 0 4.8 Oct/2005

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

Learning to a Human: Reflection on Learning.

al learning theory has influenced debates on the effect of television and parental roles. Bandura's Bobo doll experiment is widely cited in psychology as a stration of observational learning and strat ...

(2 pages) 91 0 4.3 Dec/2005

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

An analysis of Bandura's work with children and bobo dolls.

ople learn from what they see.- Children will imitate what they see- His experiment was done with a bobo doll and 3 groups of adults. Each group were videoed beating the doll but each film had a diffe ...

(1 pages) 48 0 5.0 Mar/2006

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

What is the origin of aggressive behavior?

bserving what others do, imitation or modeling rather then direct experience and reinforcement. The Bobo doll experiment proved that aggressive behavior can be learnt from observing others aggressive ...

(4 pages) 70 0 3.0 Jan/2007

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

"There is not one single Psychological theory that can adequately account for human aggression and violence." To what extent do you agree with this claim?

y not being punished for it this is vicarious learning. Bandura demonstrated this in his study with bobo dolls children saw a film with people beating up bobo doll as a result of that then the childre ...

(6 pages) 99 0 4.3 Feb/2007

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

Social Learning Theory based on the Bobo Doll Experiment: Do you agree with Bandura's Social Learning Theory - or do you think violent media content is cathartic? Or Both?

Bandura's "Bobo Doll" experiments demonstrated a link between violent media programs and aggressive behavior. I ...

(2 pages) 48 0 3.0 Jun/2007

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

Aggression

(Lorenz)3.3 Motivation Approach (Kornadt 1982)3.4 Learning and Cultural Mechanisms – The “Bobo- Doll” experiment (Bandura, Oatley, Geen)3.5 Social development theory (Huesmann)3. 6 Frus ... ith the environment (family, friend, society).3.4 Learning and Cultural Mechanisms – The “Bobo- Doll” experiment (Bandura, Oatley, Geen)The basic assumption is that aggression as most b ...

(10 pages) 119 0 4.0 Nov/2007

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology > Psychological Theories & Authors

Agression - Are We Born Agressive Or Is It Learned

of this theory is Bandura. In 1973, he conducted an experiment with an inflatable clown doll called Bobo. The experiment involved two groups of school children, one who watched another child playing a ... dren into a room with a mixture of aggressive and non-aggressive toys i.e.: guns and balls and also Bobo the clown. He found that the children who had witnessed the aggressive behaviour were more like ...

(6 pages) 83 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

Human Aggression

e theory to explain human aggression because there was an experiment done on this theory called the Bobo doll experiment which will be explained in details in a while. This experiment clearly shows th ... experiment to prove his theory that humans learn aggressive acts from their role model. This is the Bobo doll experiment. The subject of the experiment is 36 boys and 36 girls, aged from 3 to 6. Bandu ...

(3 pages) 31 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Humanities Essays

Albert Bandura - A Biography

with the introduction of his Social Learning Theory. Bandura's most famous experiment was the 1965 "Bobo Doll" study. In the experiment, he made a film in which a woman was shown beating up a bobo dol ... n shown to a group of children. Afterwards, the children were allowed to play in a room that held a bobo doll. The children immediately began to beat the doll, imitating the actions and words of the w ...

(5 pages) 62 1 3.0 Jan/2009

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology > Psychological Theories & Authors

Give an explanation of the differences between effects models of audience behaviour and uses and gratifications models.

attempted to rob a house, claiming that he had seen it done on television. Also noteworthy is the 'Bobo Doll' experiment; this involved showing children footage of adults behaving violently towards a ... , or deems anti-social. The model is also often based on artificial experiments, the aforementioned Bobo Doll Experiment being one. Also queried is that lack of definitive evidence that the media caus ...

(6 pages) 14 0 0.0 Nov/2009

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Communication Studies > The Media

Albert Bandura’s Social-Cognitive Theory Related to Gender Roles during Early Childhood

if he sees his father holding a door, rather than seeing his mother doing the same thing. Bandura's Bobo Doll Experiment showed significant results that proved these findings. In this experiment both ... eriment both boys and girls (one at a time, during separate trials) were shown aggression towards a Bobo Doll from either a man or a woman. The child was then left to imitate the behavior. "Imitation ...

(5 pages) 13 0 0.0 Oct/2011

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community > Children and Youngsters

violence in media contributing to violence in children

logist and originator of the Social Cognitive Theory ", (Nolan) conducted an experiment called "The Bobo Doll" experiment. The experiment "tested 36 boys and 36 girls from the Stanford University Nurs ... for 24 boys and girls to watch a male or female model behaving aggressively towards a toy called a 'Bobo doll'. The adults attacked the Bobo doll in a distinctive manner - they used a hammer in some c ...

(6 pages) 4 0 0.0 Jul/2013

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Communication Studies

Very young children should be reared in environments which support their development

equences of new behavior where they can see what happens when others try it (Crain, 2005).With his 'Bobo doll' study Bandura confirmed that children learn by observing others behavior and they imitate ... ing others behavior and they imitate that behavior. In this study and adult acted violently towards Bobo doll. When children later played with the Bobo doll, they imitated aggressive actions.The babie ...

(8 pages) 1 0 0.0 Oct/2014

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education

how can aggression be reduced?

ts that could be linked with an example of this is the Bandura, Ross and Ross (1961) experiment the Bobo doll experiment.This experiment was conducted in order to establish if children witnessed aggre ... en would have. The room contained a wide array of toys both aggressive and non-aggressive and a 3ft bobo doll.The result from this experiment show a multitude of things, it showed that children from ...

(8 pages) 0 0 0.0 Nov/2014

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology