Interpreting Aggression In Albert Bandura's Point Of View

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If you’ve ever seen children act a certain way because they witnessed someone else, then they are following the imitation and modeling theory. Albert Bandura tested the hypothesis that children would show aggression towards a Bobo doll if they viewed aggression on a film. Many factors were put into effect in this study, also. In this study, 48 boys and 48 girls that attended the Stanford University Nursery School served as the subjects. The children ranged from ages of 35 to 69 months old, approximately 3-5 years old. One male and one female adult played as the role models in real-life and in the film. The subjects first were separated into three experimental groups and one control group, with 24 subjects in each. One group observed real-life

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