Question

In a well-known experiment, preschool children pounded and kicked a large inflated bobo doll that an adult had just beaten on. this experiment served to illustrate the importance of

Answer 1

The correct answer is observational learning. This is defined as a learning that occurs of where an individual observes the behavior of the environment or others. This is likely to be known as a form of social learning as it takes at various forms.

Answer 2

The correct answer is observational learning.

Observational learning refers to the phenomenon where individuals "learn" how to behave by observing others and modelling or imitating their behavior. In Albert Bandura's famous "Bobo doll" experiment, children were made to observe adult role models pounding and being physically aggressive with inflatable Bobo dolls. After that, Bandura investigated whether children showed aggression due to observational learning.