Bandura’s Bobo Doll: Is Aggressive Behavior Learned?
Author: Ronald J. Comer
Princeton University
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Does an individual’s observation of aggressive or violent models of behavior lead, in turn, to aggressive or violent behavior by the individual? Yes, according to this famous study by Albert Bandura, which helped Bandura develop his behavioral theory of modeling. As you will see in the video, which is narrated by Bandura himself, children in his study attack a Bobo doll after observing an adult model do the same.
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