Posted by: Jeff Terrell in Obedience, Modeling, Love on
Jul 23, 2009
In the mid 1960's a psychologist named Albert Bandura changed the way we think about learning with a fascinating set of experiments. Using what he called a "Bobo doll," Bandura had children watch someone hitting the doll aggressively. There were three experimental conditions. One ending of the film ended with the aggression. The second ending included a reward for the model's behavior. Only the third included a reprimand for the aggressor's behavior. The first two groups exhibited significantly more aggressive behaviors when later put in the room with Bobo.
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