When i was little, I had a bobo doll too. I did the exact same thing to it because it really fustrates you. It doesnt move and it comes back once you start touching it. Its very annoying
@candygurlxx why would you hit it ? well due to the significant difference in the violance shown by the children that watched the adults that got punished from the adults that didnt get punished. It has a lot of relavence for the subjectability of a child to different reinforcements. would you hit a bobo doll after you saw the last person get shot because of it.
..And you cant prove anything in science you can only support and disprove
2, it's not a real person, nor does it look like a real person.
3. the kids shown that they should hit the doll. may have seen it as a game. . none violent children hit dolls and are violent in play. it doesn't mean they are aggressive. it's called roll play.
4. we have no idea of the kids backgrounds.
5. what was the point of this study? to show that kids learn to be violent from the tv.
AFAIK, it's just used for hitting. I had something similar as a kid, but it wasn't called a bobo doll, it was called a punching bag. I saw the term 'bobo doll' in a text book, the context being studies ab modeling & aggressive behavior. So I did a search that lead me here. You may want to check out some of the other stuff I found: search.yahoo.com/search?p=bobo+doll&ei=UTF-8&fr=moz35
Was that doll designed for anything other than hitting?
I'm genuinely curious. Why would you build a giant inflatable doll whose sole purpose was to bounce back from any excess force, and say "Don't hit it kids!"
@Inklor pay attention in english, you've 'gots' to lol if you want to pass of your second rate language skills with the beautiful word english behind it. please just say american or something
As my psychology teacher said: "Look at how aggressive the girl is toward the doll. At her age most children perceive dolls as real and as having personalities. She is hitting a doll with another doll."
anyone who knows children, understands that they don't see dolls as being real at all. they can tell the difference between what is living and what isn't by age 2. they are playing. roll play about their life, or what they feel, or see around them. if their home life is violent, they use props, like dolls to act it out.
most toddlers, would know not to attack a real baby, for example. although they might lash out at them. they can tell the difference.
A toddler can understand the simple needs of real babies. they will offer a dummy if the baby is crying and do simple things to cheer them up.
with a doll... they will handle it carelessly, one minute, and the next pretend it is a real baby. they understand that it is not alive. the reason why they pretend dolls/teddies are real is because it is part of their development. it's part of play. they are learning to understand adult life. acting out what we do.
Well I understand the point of Baduras experiemt, however this just teaches the child to do that to the bobo doll because thats what the lady did, but it doesnt mean the child will do it to everything
@Nouri8885 The doll is suppose to take place of a human. Later, due to criticism, Bandura replaced the doll with a live clown. The children modeled just the same.
Bobo dolls look nothing like humans, so it's unreasonable to deduce that kids would be provoked to perform similar acts on other humans from watching the footage. Also, the main intention of a Bobo doll is to beat it up! Bandura (previous to this) took the kids in a room full of desirable toys, but told them not to play with them. Then they were taken into the room with the less desirable doll. The "frustrating" experience would've been a factor in the violence.
@Imgareth92 the intention was to beat it up, yes, but not as aggressively (i.e. pistol whipping, cussing it out, etc) they also did an experiment where kids saw the example playing nicely with the doll & with the other toys & the kids followed suit. it's a reasonable experiment, as well as measurable which is most important. however, I do agree there needs to be a better one with less variables (like your reference to their frustration to a prior stipulation).
@ThumbOfMeganFox *also forgot to mention that the other variable was that the doll was meant to be hit, but I still think the kids went further than what the doll was intended for anyway
@Imgareth92 I think I read somewhere that they repeated the experiment again but that time using a real life clown, where children would then go beat him. Then again, a clown is less easy to relate to as a human being than say, a genuine looking human, but it would be unethical anyway to condition a child into real life violence. But yes, I agree with you entirely on your second point. I don't have a clue why Bandura did frustrate those children, but I;d love to ask him.
ihatenazi, media...really??? This clip shows one thing for certain, that violence is in our nature if we see an excuse or precedent for it being acceptable. don't tell me these kids are weighing out the social significance or that the ability to execute these acts is learned as opposed to the natural interplay of body and innate mind.
that is irresponsible statement. this exploratory experiment tells us about how media and role models affect on children's behaviour. and this experiment proved that there is such a influence. adjective "exploratory" says that this is an experiment which opens multiple questions about a problem, and later, explanatory experiments are going to give us answers, laws and theories.
Have you read any of the original research papers? The evidence of a link between witnessing acts and carrying out acts is pretty strong. At the very least it proves that those children who witnessed unusual aggressive acts tended to incorporated those acts into their play.
Bandura is a stupid cunt
RyanD130 4 weeks ago
@RyanD130 Baby's first words.
Dipstikk 2 weeks ago
@Dipstikk ay?
RyanD130 1 week ago
@RyanD130 No, say "Da-da."
Da-da.
Dipstikk 1 week ago
When i was little, I had a bobo doll too. I did the exact same thing to it because it really fustrates you. It doesnt move and it comes back once you start touching it. Its very annoying
intensify12 1 month ago
Switch the doll with a real person and the experiment might have som validity
waksibra 1 month ago
this experiment literally proves nothing. put anyone in a room with a bobo doll and they will hit it. Sociologists are such pessimists.
candygurlxx 1 month ago
@candygurlxx why would you hit it ? well due to the significant difference in the violance shown by the children that watched the adults that got punished from the adults that didnt get punished. It has a lot of relavence for the subjectability of a child to different reinforcements. would you hit a bobo doll after you saw the last person get shot because of it.
..And you cant prove anything in science you can only support and disprove
ArranRWilliamson 1 month ago
this is a load of bullshit.
Bandura is an idiot.
1. the doll is designed to be hit
2, it's not a real person, nor does it look like a real person.
3. the kids shown that they should hit the doll. may have seen it as a game. . none violent children hit dolls and are violent in play. it doesn't mean they are aggressive. it's called roll play.
4. we have no idea of the kids backgrounds.
5. what was the point of this study? to show that kids learn to be violent from the tv.
Rowan07001484 1 month ago
anyone else creeped the fuck out by this video?
StrattonLOLfail 1 month ago
This is what makes me remember observational learning lolol
DjMaici 2 months ago
Wonder where this kid is now... He's about what fifty-something, living in the suburbs beatin' his wife now and then. The usual.
sweetjesusirock 2 months ago
WALLACE E BÖG
Xboxkungen 2 months ago
I wonder how they deprogrammed this kid. Did the model come in and hug the Bobo doll and give it kisses to change his behaviour?
DarkWolfen 3 months ago
AFAIK, it's just used for hitting. I had something similar as a kid, but it wasn't called a bobo doll, it was called a punching bag. I saw the term 'bobo doll' in a text book, the context being studies ab modeling & aggressive behavior. So I did a search that lead me here. You may want to check out some of the other stuff I found: search.yahoo.com/search?p=bobo+doll&ei=UTF-8&fr=moz35
mmorgan0678 4 months ago
It's scary how the kids put the gat to poor Bobo's back, execution style...
Hamburgler55 4 months ago
Was that doll designed for anything other than hitting?
I'm genuinely curious. Why would you build a giant inflatable doll whose sole purpose was to bounce back from any excess force, and say "Don't hit it kids!"
GreatDinn 4 months ago
@GreatDinn lol that is so true! it's like not punching a pouching bag
JcLazy1 2 months ago
is that kid black.
fallofreason123 4 months ago
I'm just watching this bc my teacher says we got's to.
Inklor 5 months ago 34
@Inklor I see what you did there!
wqsr4o 2 months ago
@Inklor pay attention in english, you've 'gots' to lol if you want to pass of your second rate language skills with the beautiful word english behind it. please just say american or something
ArranRWilliamson 1 month ago
@Inklor im just watching this because experimental psychology is a field I want to get into, take an interest in it.
oliskies1 1 week ago
As my psychology teacher said: "Look at how aggressive the girl is toward the doll. At her age most children perceive dolls as real and as having personalities. She is hitting a doll with another doll."
fakeblonde4 5 months ago
@fakeblonde4
no they don't.
anyone who knows children, understands that they don't see dolls as being real at all. they can tell the difference between what is living and what isn't by age 2. they are playing. roll play about their life, or what they feel, or see around them. if their home life is violent, they use props, like dolls to act it out.
most toddlers, would know not to attack a real baby, for example. although they might lash out at them. they can tell the difference.
Rowan07001484 1 month ago
@fakeblonde4
A toddler can understand the simple needs of real babies. they will offer a dummy if the baby is crying and do simple things to cheer them up.
with a doll... they will handle it carelessly, one minute, and the next pretend it is a real baby. they understand that it is not alive. the reason why they pretend dolls/teddies are real is because it is part of their development. it's part of play. they are learning to understand adult life. acting out what we do.
Rowan07001484 1 month ago
i just love gcse psychology
nick91ization 5 months ago
I'm studying this at A level Psychology now, this experiement is part of the Aggression topic.
xKerryBubzx 6 months ago 3
@xKerryBubzx I'm doing the same :)
sadiexefronxcrawford 4 months ago
I want to hit this little shit
lukeyhux 6 months ago
@lukeyhux So this experiment had the same effect on you as it did on the little kid
BentleyGoesToSpace 5 months ago
@BentleyGoesToSpace hahahaha, yes it would seem so
lukeyhux 5 months ago
@TiggestBitties
The experiment was to investigate different aspects of observational learning by young children, not so much the 'nurture' side of things.
omfgdano123 6 months ago
is this for real ?!
miaNgheL10 7 months ago
The kids already dressed in his prison uniform....
youztuber5000 7 months ago
Does anyone else think the kid looks evil? He seems possessed.
iwishudid 7 months ago
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monkey see monkey do
bright15232 7 months ago
its wierd, even watching this just makes me want to beat the shit out of bobo. Stupid SLT
kingdong001 7 months ago
If I was stuck in a room with a creepy clown I'd beat the hell outta of it too.
boyscouteagle 7 months ago
Well I understand the point of Baduras experiemt, however this just teaches the child to do that to the bobo doll because thats what the lady did, but it doesnt mean the child will do it to everything
Nouri8885 8 months ago
@Nouri8885 The doll is suppose to take place of a human. Later, due to criticism, Bandura replaced the doll with a live clown. The children modeled just the same.
TheNubbbler 7 months ago
AS Psychology
Erictheeviltwin 9 months ago
This is blank slate thinking at its worst. Aggression is a part of human nature. It can be controlled by discipline, but not eliminated.
culdesachero 9 months ago
Bobo dolls look nothing like humans, so it's unreasonable to deduce that kids would be provoked to perform similar acts on other humans from watching the footage. Also, the main intention of a Bobo doll is to beat it up! Bandura (previous to this) took the kids in a room full of desirable toys, but told them not to play with them. Then they were taken into the room with the less desirable doll. The "frustrating" experience would've been a factor in the violence.
Imgareth92 10 months ago
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ThumbOfMeganFox 9 months ago
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@Imgareth92 the intention was to beat it up, yes, but not as aggressively (i.e. pistol whipping, cussing it out, etc) they also did an experiment where kids saw the example playing nicely with the doll & with the other toys & the kids followed suit. it's a reasonable experiment, as well as measurable which is most important. however, I do agree there needs to be a better one with less variables (like your reference to their frustration to a prior stipulation).
ThumbOfMeganFox 9 months ago
@ThumbOfMeganFox *also forgot to mention that the other variable was that the doll was meant to be hit, but I still think the kids went further than what the doll was intended for anyway
ThumbOfMeganFox 9 months ago
@Imgareth92 I think I read somewhere that they repeated the experiment again but that time using a real life clown, where children would then go beat him. Then again, a clown is less easy to relate to as a human being than say, a genuine looking human, but it would be unethical anyway to condition a child into real life violence. But yes, I agree with you entirely on your second point. I don't have a clue why Bandura did frustrate those children, but I;d love to ask him.
echoingheads 9 months ago
woah Oo
alex114girl 10 months ago
You know what this needs, now that I think about it?
Heavy Weapons Guy quotes.
"OOF! DAAAAUGH! HALP ME! OOF! MEDEEEC! HALP NAO! OHHH DIS IS BAD!!"
Dipstikk 11 months ago
can i just say...that kid looks a bit crazy anyhow.. look at his evil little face!
TheLaNadine 11 months ago
ihatenazi, media...really??? This clip shows one thing for certain, that violence is in our nature if we see an excuse or precedent for it being acceptable. don't tell me these kids are weighing out the social significance or that the ability to execute these acts is learned as opposed to the natural interplay of body and innate mind.
jazzrocks25 11 months ago
They should have put Justin Bieber instead.
manwithaplan721 1 year ago
children see children do
MrIamflylikeag6 1 year ago
Little did we know that Bobo was alive and aware the entire time, unable to speak but able to feel pain.
Dipstikk 1 year ago 99
@Dipstikk HAHAHAHA! funny :D
TheLaNadine 11 months ago
@Dipstikk Well said!
staindolls 2 months ago
@Dipstikk Classic Twilight Zone twist.
HelloHiGoodday 2 weeks ago
bandura had some interesting ideas
daisyroven2011 1 year ago
@daisyroven2011 yeah but this experiment proved tnothing
iLoveJbMcFlYTakeThat 1 year ago
@iLoveJbMcFlYTakeThat nothing* :P
iLoveJbMcFlYTakeThat 1 year ago
@iLoveJbMcFlYTakeThat
that is irresponsible statement. this exploratory experiment tells us about how media and role models affect on children's behaviour. and this experiment proved that there is such a influence. adjective "exploratory" says that this is an experiment which opens multiple questions about a problem, and later, explanatory experiments are going to give us answers, laws and theories.
ihatenazi 1 year ago 10
@ihatenazi He -was- being sarcastic, man. O_o
funkalicious2907 9 months ago
@iLoveJbMcFlYTakeThat
Have you read any of the original research papers? The evidence of a link between witnessing acts and carrying out acts is pretty strong. At the very least it proves that those children who witnessed unusual aggressive acts tended to incorporated those acts into their play.
MTAllenby 11 months ago
lol yay thanks :)
sweethoneyb7 1 year ago