Bandura sample | 72 - 36b and 36g
children - 52 months mean |
What did all bandura's participants participate in before experiment | pre testing to eliminate participant variables |
Method of bandura | -lab experiments
- iv 1 contion agressive /non
2- gender of role model
3. gender of child |
Stages overview b | stage 1 - non agressive - tinker agressive - bobo
stage 2- very best toys not allowed to play
stage 3- which toys child played with ag- bobo, mallet and na- tea set |
Results Bandura | - agressive model resulted in more agressive children
- boys more ag than girls
- females showed more verbal agression
- children said thats now how a lady should behave |
Evaluation of B | S= LAB Experiment - cause and effect psych as a science
- controls so standardised so reliabilit
-qual and quan
w= lack eco valid and unethical protection from harm |
Chaney sample | 32 austrailian , mean age 3.2 |
method of chaney / procedure | field experiment and repeated measures
given a questionaire on normal inhaler then asked to use fun inhaler with bell and after 2 weeks completed the same questionaire |
Results of Chaney | 73% PARENTS WERE SUCCESFUL IN MEDICATING THEIR CHILD WITH FUN INHALER |
Eval of chaney | s= repeated measures eliminates partipant v
field exp - eco valid
w= demand characteristics from field
- narrow age range restricts generalisability |
Kohlberge investiaged | stages of moral development |
Stages of moral development | stage 1 - punishment and obedience
stage 2 -self interest
stage 3- good boy good girl
stage 4- law and order
stage 5 - social contract
stage 6- universal ethical |
sample of k | American , chinese and taiwan longitudional study 12 years just boys |
Procedure of k | a semi structured interview for 45 mins to give response to moral dilemmas such as Heinz |
Result / key findings of Kohlberg | particpants progressed in same order
not everyone reaches final stage |
Eval of K | S= longitudinal study -particpant v eliminated
cross cultural so not ethnocentric
w= lacks eco valid doesn t acutally demonstate how participants would act
qual data is subjective |
Design of Lee | Lab experiment with indepentdent meaures design
4 ivs - social or physical story, pro social or anti social, the age of children and ethnicity of the children |
Sample | Chinese and Canadian children |
Procedure | Half of each sample of the chinese sample 120
108 Canadian split - to do physical story and social story |
Results | Prosocial Behaviour/Lie-telling situations
There was a significant interaction between age and culture. Canadian children in general (across all ages) rated lie-telling in this situation negatively, whereas the Chinese children’s ratings changed from negative to positive with age. |
Evaluation of Lee | cross cultural study - strengh - find differences
replicable - all materials were the same
lacks eco logical validiity as story doen't represent moral judgement |