Bandura Experiment

The Bandura et al experiment in 1961 conducted research into how we can transmit aggression through imitating aggressive models. 36 boys and 36 girls aged between 37 and 69 months were subject to this experiment. There were 3 conditions, the control group, the group exposed to the aggressive model and the group exposed to the passive model. In the standard condition, a child was settled in a corner with a small table and chair, potato prints and picture stickers. An adult model was then escorted to the opposite corner of the room where there was a small table, chair, tinker-toy set, a mallet and a five foot inflatable Bobo doll. In the non-aggressive condition the model ignored Bobo and assembled the tinker-toys in a gentle manner, whereas