Question

Bandura had children watch a video of an adult hitting and punching a blow-up bobo doll and created a condition where the adult was dressed like a cartoon cat. How did the subsequent reactions of the child differ?

A. Both had high rates of overall aggression and imitation aggression
B. Those in the cartoon had similar overall aggression but less imitation
C. The cartoon had little effect on children's subsequent aggression
D. The cartoon condition had the highest rate of imitation aggression

Answer 1

In Bandura's Bobo doll study, children who watched an adult hitting and punching a blow-up doll dressed as a cartoon cat showed similar overall aggression but less imitation of specific aggressive behaviors.

Step-by-step explanation:

In Bandura's famous Bobo doll study, children were shown a video of an adult hitting and punching a blow-up doll. In one condition, the adult was dressed like a cartoon cat. The study found that the subsequent reactions of the children differed depending on the condition:

B. Those in the cartoon had similar overall aggression but less imitation

Children in the cartoon condition showed similar levels of overall aggression as those in the non-cartoon condition, but they imitated the specific aggressive behaviors less. This suggests that the cartoon condition had an effect on children's subsequent aggression, reducing their imitation of the specific aggressive acts.