TOEFL iBT | Listening | Lecture | 1 on 1 Coaching | The Bobo Doll Experiment

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Questions

1 According to social learning theory, how does a child learn aggressive behaviour?

• Through playing with toys
• Through their genetics
• Through learning and interaction
• All the above

2 What was done to the children who were assigned to the control group?

• They were subjected to aggressive models
• They received no treatment
• They were subjected to non-aggressive models
• They received both aggressive and nonaggressive models

3 What was an opposite-sex model in the Bobo Doll experiment?

• The control group had equal number of girls and boys.
• Boys were exposed to violence committed by an adult female
• Girls were exposed to violence committed by an adult male
• Both B and C

4 According to the lecture, which statement was used to describe the experiment?

• The results of the experiment could be used to generalize a wide variety of situations
• The experiment was criticized as being unethical
• The study of behaviour led the psychologist to believe that violence is acceptable.
• The experiment is considered to be a failure in proving social learning theory

5 From the results observed, what might be the reason for including opposite-sex and same-sex models?

• To study the implication of gender specific violence
• To study girls and boys separately
• To study the differences between men and women
• The difference in models is just random

6 What was one of the major ideas demonstrated through Bandura’s experiment?

• Girls behaved less aggressively than boys
• Children learned aggressive behavior through learning and imitation
• Control groups were more aggressive than others
• Aggression was not learned

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