Social Psychological Explanations of Human Aggression (OCR A-Level Psychology): Flashcards
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SLT: How aggression is learned
SLT: How aggression is learned
Through observation and imitation of models
SLT: Cause of aggression
SLT: Cause of aggression
Environment, not genetics
Identification in SLT
Identification in SLT
More likely to imitate if identify with model
Vicarious reinforcement in SLT
Vicarious reinforcement in SLT
More likely to imitate if model is rewarded
Attention (mediational process)
Attention (mediational process)
Noticing and observing a model's behaviour
Memory (mediational process)
Memory (mediational process)
Remembering the behaviour that has been observed
Reproduction (mediational process)
Reproduction (mediational process)
Skills and ability to replicate observed behaviour
Motivation (mediational process)
Motivation (mediational process)
Will to perform, determined by rewards/punishments
Bandura's Bobo doll: What was tested?
Bandura's Bobo doll: What was tested?
Imitative learning after observing aggressive/non-aggressive models
Bandura's finding: aggressive models
Bandura's finding: aggressive models
Children who observed them were more aggressive
Bandura's finding: rewarded aggression
Bandura's finding: rewarded aggression
Children more likely to imitate if model rewarded
Strength: Bandura's lab control
Strength: Bandura's lab control
Highly controlled, protected from extraneous variables
Weakness: Bandura's lab setting
Weakness: Bandura's lab setting
Artificial conditions, lacks ecological validity
SLT limitation: genetic factors
SLT limitation: genetic factors
Ignores genetic factors that contribute to aggression