See Aggression Do Aggression

See Aggression Do Aggression-Noah Watson and Alex WalkerWhat is Aggression?Aggression is heavily researched in Psychology

Very hard to define- so researchers look for sources of aggression instead

Why do People engage in acts of aggression?Biologically ProgrammedSituational FactorsAggression is Learned

The Bobo ExperimentExperiment led by Albert Bandura, Dorothea Ross, Sheila Ross in 1961 at Stanford University

Goal- Demonstrate how children learn to be aggressive.

Bandura is the founder of the social learning theory of psychology

Learning is the primary factor in personality development

Belief that behavior in children could be shaped

Bandura had 4 proposed theories before the experiment

Experimental ProceedingsSubjects- 36 boys 36 girls aged 3-6.

24/72 Children were part of a control group

The remaining 48 were divided24 received nonviolent treatment24 received violent treatment

Each treatment group divided by genderThey were split again into same sex treatment vs. opposite sex treatment

Bandura rated each child's initial level of aggression

Experimental Proceedings (cont.)After being divided into groups- the experiment began

Each group had the same setup (minus treatment) to avoid error

Four responses of aggression were measured

Physical Aggression- Hitting/Kicking/Punching bobo

Verbal Aggression- Saying violent phrases (ex. Hit him)

Other Mallet Aggression- Hitting things besides the bobo

Nonimitative Aggression- Other physical and verbal not shown by model.

Results

Recent Applications:In last 10 years- large increase in number of violent behavior in children

In 2000 six national medical associations addressed CongressSaid that violent media triggered aggressive behavior in kidsAlso leads to desensitization towards violence

If kids are exposed to violence it will not go away due to age. Conversely, kids who are exposed to violence at a young age are more likely to commit violence later on.These violent acts occur regardless of a kids socioeconomic status, intelligence or parental factors.

Efforts have shifted away from stopping children from viewing violent media to preventing media violence from translating into real life aggression

How does this relate to my life?

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