The watching groups of children when they saw "Bobo doll" that they become a more aggressive…
Children are perceived to be biologically born to play and genetically set to develop, however children need other people to initiate these biological processes. (2) An adult can initiate free flow play but there involvement must be limited-allowing the child to have the control.…
Klinger, L. J., Hamilton, J. A., & Cantrell, P. J. (2001). Children's perceptions of aggressive and gender-specific content…
It is very important for all adults working with children and young people to be fair and consistent when inappropriate behaviour occurs. Every setting should have established rules and boundaries for children’s and young people’s behaviour.…
There will be times when children might not show a positive behaviour. There could be many reason for any type of inappropriate behaviour shown. Sometimes children and young people are just testing the limits of their boundaries or some times their could be far more serious reasons behind it. However in a situation like this practitioners need to recognise that when the child needs to be referred to others.…
Albert Bandura created the bobo doll experiment in 1961, the aim of this experiment was to show that if children where witnesses to aggressive displays by an adult of some sort they would imitate this behaviour when given an opportunity. The tested group contained 36 young girls and 36 young boys all aged between 4 and 5 years which was then divided into 3 groups of 24 – the aggressive condition, the non aggressive condition and the control group. The first group involved the children watching aggressive models, where the children where then subdivided by sex of the role model they were exposed to. The second group involved the children watched non aggressive models, where the children were also subdivided by the sex of the role model which they were exposed to. This left the two conditioned groups subdivided into eight experimental groups each containing 6 subjects. They were 6 boys with the same sex model, 6 boys with opposite model, 6 girls with the same sex model and 6 girls with the opposite model. With 3 different groups, Bandura had created a complicated design for the study which resulted in 3 independent variables; the conditions the children were exposed to, the sex of the child and the sex of the role model. Each child was then tested individually and the findings where then recorded. The experiment was done in an artificial environment and the researcher manipulated the independent variables into the conditions.…
Bandura et al conducted a study in order to support his theory, the well known Bobo doll study. In the study 72 child participants were used. There were an equal number of boys and girls throughout. Half of the participants in the experimental group were exposed to an aggressive role model and the other half a passive role model. Within the aggressive group half would view the same sex role model act aggressive towards a Bobo doll and the other half an opposite sex role model doing the same. This balance was also used in the non-aggressive group. The control group of 24 participants went through the same process but did not see a role model interact with the Bobo doll. Before making the observations Bandura interviewed the teachers of the participants to rate them in regards to aggressiveness, which provided Bandura with comparisons in behaviour. The children then entered a room with an experimenter and a role model and observed different interactions towards the Bobo doll…
Bandura carried out his own research to support the SLT. In the early 1960’s Bandura carried out the bobo doll experiment. There were 3 groups in this is study, who were each exposed to a different condition. One group were exposed to an aggressive adult playing with the bobo doll, by hitting and kicking it.…
We will try to avoid situations in which children receive adult attention only in return for undesirable behaviour. Children crave attention whether it is positive or negative. If we give them this they may not feel the need to behave badly. We make sure that bad behaviour is not taken away from the rest of the group and that no one is singled out for their attention. We set these clear behaviour boundaries and rules so that the setting is able to run…
Some children will test the boundaries with their behaviour; however, if the behaviour is met with a consistent response from all adults then it is less likely that the particular behaviour will be repeated.…
Socialisation can potentially explain all of the gender/sex differences related to children’s play. Critically evaluate this statement.…
- Boys are discouraged from behaviors that mimic female counterparts. Females are not treated as much.…
The child I chose to observe was a 6 year old boy that I will refer to as Timmy. Timmy is an intelligent, active little boy who reportedly struggles with behavior. Timmy lives with his parents. He has two 14 year old half sisters one of each belonging to his mom and dad prior to them meeting and getting married. The sisters live in the home with Timmy part time. I observed Timmy in his afternoon childcare classroom from 10:55am-11:55am. The classroom was spacious with large windows along one of the walls over looking the playground. The remainder of the walls displayed art work created by the children. The room had clearly defined centers such as a Writing center with pencils, colored paper and pumpkin shaped paper punchers. A Library with two small couches, a house plant and an assortment of books. A Sensory center with orange water, small real pumpkins and circle shaped measuring utensils. A Block center with cars, a long wooden ramp, safety glasses and large brick blocks. The classroom also had Dramatic play, Art, Group and Science centers.…
Gendered toys encourage children to act within their gender and never stray, “for girls, this would include a focus on attractiveness and appearance, perhaps leading to a message that this is the most important thing—to look pretty. For boys, the emphasis [is] on violence and aggression (weapons, fighting, and aggression)” (Blakemore). In other words, as a group, young girls are taught to be pretty, which leads to the social concept that teenage girls are vain and self-obsessed whereas young boys are taught to be wild and physical which leads to the concept that teenage boys are allowed to aggressively rough-house because ‘boys will be boys.’ This automatically constructs women as a group to be the subordinates to men as a…
As children, girls and boys play differently. Girls are more likely to learn how to develop a sympathetic relationship with others and focus on common goals rather than differences. Girls tend to balances their needs with those of others to avoid seeming over confident or bossy . Boys are more likely to learn how to develop their status in society by playing in large groups of boys whose leadership roles are defined .…