PSYS 316 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Albert Bandura, The Control Group, Sigmund Freud
14 Nov 2016
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Used children to see the effects of human aggression on them. Control: the control group was just left alone to play with the toys, there was no adult role model, they just played with the toys. Aggressive: the aggressive group was shown an adult playing with the bobo doll. The adult would kick, throw, and use a hammer to beat up the doll. The adult would also yell mean things at the doll: the children echoed the behavior of the adult. They went even farther, taking a gun and pretending to shoot the doll. Non-aggressive: the non-aggressive group was shown an adult playing peacefully with the other toys, they did not show any aggressive actions or words, the children echoed the behavior the adult. They did not act aggressively towards the doll. They adapted the experiment, adding more levels of aggression. Specific provocation: such as an invasion of territory. Present in all animal species: part of evolution.
