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Summary Of The Bobo Doll Experiment

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2. Albert Bandura conducted the BoBo doll experiment to investigate social behaviors can be developed by observation. The experiment was based on the behaviors of the children after watching how the adults acts with the Bobo doll. The adults were very violently with the doll and the kids were more aggressive with the doll. The aggression of the children came from observing the actions of the adult’s behavior with the Bobo doll.

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