The Learning Approach
Background
Sample
Methods: Grouping
The Rooms
100

what is defined as "new, permanent changes in behavior following experience"?

learning

100

What is an example of prosocial behavior

any positive behavior

100

Where did the sample used in Bandura's study come from?

Stanford University's nursery school

100

What were the three main groups the children were split into?

aggressive model, non-aggressive model, control group

100

How many rooms were in the experimental phase?

3

200

_______ governs learning by providing experiences.

the environment

200

What is the term in Observational Learning for negative behavior?

antisocial behavior 

200

What type of sampling did the Bandura study use?

opportunity sampling

200

How many children had an aggressive female model?

6

200
What happened in Room 2?

aggression arousal/children were given nice toys which they were then told weren't for them

300

Learning results in the acquisition of new _________

responses

300

Bandura suggests that attention, retention, ability, and motivation are requirements for what?

modeling

300

how many participants were there in the Bandura study?

72

300

How many children had a non-aggressive model?

24

300

Name 3 toys in Room 1

bobo doll, mallet/hammer, tinker toys, potato prints, stickers

400

Define behavioral potential 

when learning occurs without new behaviors necessarily being demonstrated 

400

___________ of behavior is when children copy what is happening in their immediate environment.

facilitation 

400

How old were the participants in Bandura's study?

ages 3-6

400

51/72 children were rated by two observers in order to achieve I.R.R.

Inter-Rater Reliability

400
Which room contained a one-way mirror?
Room 3 - testing for delayed imitation 
500
What are the main assumptions of the Learning Approach?

That conditioning and social learning help to explain changes in behavior

500

what is the term for children acquiring a new response that they can generalize to new settings?

imitative or social learning

500

Children's aggression was rated on a scale based on what 4 things?

physical aggression, verbal aggression, aggression towards inanimate objects, aggression inhibition (anxiety)

500

What method was used by dividing the participants by aggression level

matched participants design

500
In which rooms was the experimenter with the child?

all of them