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Observational learning - answer learning by observing and imitating
the behavior of others
Modeling - answer the process of observing and imitating a specific
behavior
Application of the study to the developmental approach - answer
the study specifically explores learning through observation,
initiation, and modeling (social learning)
Purpose of the study - answer Overall: To investigate observational
learning of aggression.
1. To see whether children would reproduce aggressive behavior
when the model was no longer present.
2. To look for gender differences in learning of aggression.
Hypothesis 1 - answer Observed aggressive behavior will be
imitated, so children seeing aggressive models will be more
aggressive than those seeing a non-aggressive model or no model.
Hypothesis 2 - answer Observed non-aggressive behavior will be
imitated, so children seeing non-aggressive models will be less
aggressive than those seeing no model.
Hypothesis 3 - answer Children are more likely to copy a same-sex
model to a greater degree than opposite-sex models.
, Hypothesis 4 - answer Boys will be more likely to copy aggression
than girls, especially with the male rather than female aggressive
model.
IV - answer - the behavior of the model (aggressive or non-
aggressive)
- the sex of the model
- the presence of a model
DV - answer Amount of aggression demonstrated by the child in a
later situation (both imitative & non-imitative) ie. the learning the
child displayed.
Design of study - answer type: lab experiment (controlled
observation)
place: Stanford University Nursery School
design: matched pairs design and independent measures design
Type of sample - answer opportunity sample
Two numerical details about sample - answer 72 children between
the ages of 37 and 69 months with a mean age of 52 months. There
were 36 boys and 36 girls.
3 groups of participants - answer Aggressive, non-aggressive, and a
control group
How participants were matched in the study - answer Subjects were
divided into eight experimental groups of six subjects each and a
control group consisting of 24 subjects. Half the experimental
subjects were exposed to models that were subdued and non