Transmission of aggression through imitation of aggressive models. Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology, 63, 575-82

What was the AIM of this study? What practical applications might there be for the results of this study?

Who were the participants in this study? (Note: there is no information relating to parental consent given in the article)

Complete the table below with details of the experimental groups:

What problems might there be with research conducted on groups of this size?

One way of reducing subject variability is to ‘match’ the children. Matching means pre-testing on important variables and then ensuring that each group is made up of participants who are similar in their scores on these variables.

Explain how the children in this study were matched.

Observers rated the children on each of the four scales. What criticisms can you make of observer ratings?

Tests of inter-rater reliability found a high positive correlation between the ratings of two observers. Explain what the terms ‘inter-rater reliability’ and ‘correlation’ means.

Briefly outline the three stages of the experimental procedure:

Stage one:

Stage two:

Stage three:

The observers recorded THREE measures of imitation. What were these?

1.

2.

3.

What else did they record?

Summarise the results in point form (you don’t need to know all the numbers!)