Laboratory Work 1

SCIENTIFIC METHODS

Group No. 4 Lastname1, Lastname2, Lastname(n)

Section: BEF1

Instruction. Applying your previous knowledge on social science statistics/research methods, explore related researches about the
psychological processes underlying behavior and use critical thinking to answer the following:

Group 1. The Little Albert Experiment, 1920

Group 2. Stanford Prison Experiment,1971
Group 3. The Asch Conformity Study,1951
Group 4. The Bobo Doll Experiment,1961,1963
Group 5. The Learned Helplessness Experiment,1965
Group 6. The Milgram Experiment,1963
Group 7. The Halo Effect Experiment,1977

15 Points- Answered Output

15 Points- Submitted Copy of the Experiment (pdf)
Or Reference URL Link (if no copy of full experiment to provide): _____________________

Title of the Experiment Method/s Hypothesis Independent Variable/s Dependent Variable/s

The Bobo Doll The Bobo Doll
Experiment Experiment, conducted
by psychologist Albert
Bandura in 1961,
investigated how
children learn
aggressive behavior
through observation.
It's considered a
landmark study in
social learning theory.
Children exposed to an
adult’s aggressive
behavior would replicate
the said behavior when
presented with a similar
situation. The goal of the
experiment, which used a
Bobo doll as the target,
was to show that kids
would act aggressively
against a doll if they saw
There some Independent There some Dependent variables
variables that were that were measured during the
measured during the Bobo Bobo Doll Experiment (1961,
Doll Experiment (1961, 1963). Dependet variables such
1963). Independent as:
variables such as:
1. Imitative aggression: Children
1. Aggressive model is who observed the aggressive
shown to 24 children model also respond with
aggressive behaviour towards the
2. Non-aggressive model doll compared to non-aggressive

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 There are 72
preschool-aged
children (36 boys and
36 girls) from the
Stanford University
Nursery School. The
children ranged in age
between 3 and almost
6 years.
In this experiment, 24
children were divided
into two groups: 24
children were exposed
to an adult modeling
aggressive behavior,
and 24 children were
exposed to an adult
modeling non-
aggressive behavior.
The remaining 24 kids
served as the control
group, receiving no
exposure to adult role
models.
an adult model acting that
way. The concept was
validated by empirical
results, which showed how
observational learning
affects children’s
development and display
of aggressively behavior.
is shown to 24 children and control groups.
3. No model is shown 2. Partial and Non-imitative
(control group) - 24 aggression: There was a slight
children aggression towards the doll, but it
was observed other aggression
4. Gender of the Model such as punching pillows and
throwing toys.
5. The behavior of the
model 3. Verbal aggression: The
aggressive model condition
6. Age of the model showed that girls displayed more
physically aggressive responses
when the model is male, while
more verbally aggressive
responses were observed when
the model is female.
4. Boys engaged more physically
aggressive acts than girls. There
were few differences in verbal
aggression between boys and
girls.

The children's behavior

was noted by the
researchers both before
and after they were
shown the aggressive
adult model. Data,
including the number of
aggressive behaviors
and descriptions of the
specific hostile acts that
the children imitated,
were gathered using
both qualitative and
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 quantitative methods.

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