Social learning theory provides a more convincing explanation of human behaviour than do the princip
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... the acquisition of social rules by children. The main focus of Bandura's work was around a Bobo doll, a large inflatable rubber figure. Children would be split into two groups, one group would observe a model playing with such a doll in an aggressive manner and the other would observe the model playing with it in a placid manner with the doll. The children would then be allowed to play with a Bobo doll themselves. The children's level of aggression towards the doll were recorded and it was found that children who had observed the model acting in an aggressive manner towards the doll would explicit this type of behaviour towards the doll more frequently than children who had observed the model playing placidly with the Bobo doll. It was also found that the effects on the child's behaviour were stronger if; the model observed by the child was of the same sex, the model was someone that the child looked up to (a role model) or it the behaviour of the model was rewarded rather then punished. Despite methodological problems with such research conducted by the social learning theorists, this theory has been influential in offering a possible explanation for how people learn behaviours.
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