For questions # 1 - 20: 2 1 point Albert Bandura (retired Professor Emeritus, Stanford University) is an extremely well- What is the dependent variable? known figure in Psychology, pioneering work Gender of adult on the topic of behavior modeling (or imitation). One of his most famous studies Age of adult investigated whether children learn to be Gender of child violent by watching other people behaving violently (Bandura, Ross, & Ross, 1963). In Aggressive acts the study, children watched a video in which an adult actor violently hit, pushed, and assaulted a big balloon doll, called a Bobo Doll. In half of the videos, the adult assaulting the poor defenseless Bobo Doll was the same gender as the observer child, whereas in the other videos, the adult was the opposite gender as the child watching the video. In the end, the study had four groups: (1) male children watching a male adult model (n=5), (2) male children watching a female adult model (n-5), (3) female children watching a male adult model (n 5), and (4) female children watching a female adult model (n=5). After watching the videos, the children were given a 10- minute play period in a room full of age- appropriate toys, including the Bobo Doll. The researchers then recorded the number of aggressive behaviors each child directed towards the Bobo Doll, with higher numbers representing higher levels of violence directed towards the Bobo Doll. Previous Next