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Summary Of The 1961 Bobo Doll Study

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His most famous experiment was the 1961 Bobo doll study. In the experiment, he made a film in which an adult model was shown beating up a Bobo doll and shouting aggressive words (Albert Bandura biography,2016). The film was then shown to a group of children (Albert Bandura biography,2016). Afterwards, the children were allowed to play in a room that held a Bobo doll (Albert Bandura biography,2016). Those who had seen the film with the violent model were more likely to to beat the doll, imitating the actions and words of the adult in the film clip (Albert Bandura biography,2016). The study was significant because it departed from behaviorism’s insistence that all behavior is directed by reinforcement or rewards (Albert Bandura biography,2016).
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