Analysis Of Bobo Doll Experiment

In the video of Bobo Doll Experiment, we focus on two children around the age of five I would say, the children are average size and are wearing normal everyday clothes. The children in the video are being tested to see which ones follow and display aggression. “In psychology, the term aggression refers to a range of behaviors that can result in both physical and psychological harm to oneself, others, or objects in the environment. This type of social interaction centers on harming another person either physically or mentally.” (verywell.com) In the video, we see the children harming the doll physically in many different ways.

The experiment started off with a parent beating up Bobo. She picked him up and threw him to the ground and also grabbed pallet and started hitting him. The test of the experiment was to see if the children would follow in the adult’s footsteps in the model of aggression. The children displayed fine motor skills by picking up certain objects and hitting Bobo. Fine motor skills are the coordination of small muscles, and movements of your fingers and hands. Which was needed to beat up Bobo. At one point in the video, we see the young boy pick up a toy gun and start using that to hit Bobo. It was said that exposure to aggressive modeling lead to the children picking up the gun and that is why they used that to

Impulsive aggression is more looked at as aggressive and anger while instrumental is overviewed as a predatory aggression, it is marked by behaviors that are intended to achieve a larger goal. In the video, we see both forms of aggression take place. I believe it truly matters on how the child is raised and what they see at home. If the child is raised to do whatever he or she pleases, then they will follow in anyone’s footsteps. While children who are raised a little bit stricter may be more cautious and may not follow the