TV, Aggression & Social Learning

What is the main issue with determining a cause-and-effect relationship between watching television and aggressive behavior in children?

The introduction of television to the town had no effect on aggressive behaviour among the children in the Canadian study.

What social cognitive learning theory is used as the basis for television and radio dramas that aim to prevent unwanted pregnancies, reduce the spread of HIV, promote literacy, and empower women in developing countries?

The _______ Method uses Bandura’s social cognitive learning theory as the basis for television and radio dramas.

Match the following examples to their corresponding effects, as highlighted in the content:

What was the primary method used to study the impact of television on children's behavior in St. Helena?

The content analysis of television programs on St Helena showed significantly lower levels of violence compared to what children in the UK typically watched.

What is the name of the natural experiment in the Atlantic Ocean that investigated the effect of the introduction of television on aggression in children?

A boarding school is concerned that video games may cause aggressive behavior in teens. Which of the following is the MOST critical initial question to investigate this claim?

A correlational study can definitively prove that watching violent television directly causes criminal behavior in adults.

According to social cognitive theory, what are two potential ways that watching aggression might influence a child's behavior?

Huesmann and Eron's study (1986) found a ______ correlation between watching television violence in childhood and aggression in teenage years.

What is a significant limitation of the Huesmann and Eron (1986) study regarding the relationship between childhood TV violence and later aggression?

Which of the following is a dispositional factor that could influence the relationship between watching violent media and aggressive behavior?

A researcher wants to design a study to determine if playing violent video games causes aggression in children. Which research method would be MOST effective in establishing a cause-and-effect relationship?

Explain how social cognitive theory suggests that children might learn new aggressive behaviors from playing video games or watching TV.

According to Social Cognitive Theory, what is the primary way humans learn behavior?

According to Bandura, positive reinforcement is always necessary for a learner to continue a behavior learned through observation.

What term does Bandura use to describe the process where learning occurs by observing the consequences of a model's behavior?

According to Social Cognitive Theory, one factor that influences whether attention is paid to a model is the ________ of the model.

Which of the following factors, according to Social Cognitive Theory, would MOST likely increase the likelihood of a learner paying attention to a model?

A child observes an older sibling being praised for sharing toys. According to Social Cognitive Theory, which process is MOST directly influencing the child’s learning?

The effectiveness of a models is determined by how much like the learner they are.

Explain how 'attention' is essential to social cognitive learning, according to Bandura.

What is a significant limitation of generalizing the findings of Bandura's Bobo doll experiment to real-world scenarios?

In Bandura's follow-up study, children who watched a cartoon of a cat beating a Bobo doll showed less aggression than those in the control group.

What potential confounding variable was eliminated in the follow-up study by using a film to model aggressive behavior?

The possibility that children acted aggressively in the experiment because they thought it would please the researcher is known as ______ characteristics.

According to social cognitive learning theory, which of the following is NOT a core factor influencing the likelihood of imitating a behavior?

Match the following elements of Bandura's Bobo doll experiment with their corresponding ethical concerns:

What potential inaccuracy existed in the participant matching process of Bandura's initial experiment?

High self-efficacy in an observer decreases the likelihood of imitating a model's behavior due to fear of failure.

The initial Bobo doll experiment involved extensive, repeated exposure of children to aggressive models to accurately simulate real-world influences.

What term does Bandura use to describe a learner's understanding of the likely results of replicating an observed behavior?

What is one methodological consideration that is raised regarding the ecological validity of Bandura's experiment?

According to social cognitive learning theory, learning is most likely to occur if the observer has high _________.

Match each factor with its influence on the likelihood of imitation:

In Bandura’s Bobo doll experiment (1961), what was one of the key findings regarding the imitation of aggression?

Considering the factors influencing imitation, which scenario would MOST likely lead to a child imitating an adult's behavior?

How does an individual's self-efficacy affect their willingness to imitate a behavior, according to social cognitive learning theory?

In Bandura's Bobo doll experiment, what was the purpose of taking the children out of the room with toys and telling them the toys were for other children?

In Bandura's Bobo doll experiment, children who observed non-aggressive adult models were significantly more aggressive than the control group.

What is one ethical concern regarding Bandura's Bobo doll experiment?

According to Bandura's findings, ______ were more inclined to imitate verbal aggression, whereas ______ were more inclined to imitate physical aggression.

Match the following experimental conditions in Bandura's Bobo doll study with their descriptions:

What was the purpose of matching the groups with regard to aggression based on teacher evaluations prior to the experiment?

The Bobo doll experiment has high ecological validity because it replicates real-life situations that children often encounter.

In the Bobo doll experiment, what observation led Bandura to conclude that children were more likely to imitate same-sex adults?