What happens when you out good people in an evil place? Effect on children Bandura et al (1961) – Bobo Doll Study. This experiment was originally carried out to examine the effect of witnessing aggression, on young children , but can be applied to the topic of this presentation, as the children were placed in a situation where they witnessed violent, evil, behaviour. The experiment involved 72 young children (between the ages of 3 and 5 years), split into 8 groups. 1.
As he studied, he observed the way the children applied the rules and their reasoning to change the rules. In addition to this he also clinically interviewed children and asked hypothetical questions about lying and cheating. This gave him an insight about how children make decisions and what their beliefs consist of. He also learned how they determined knowing right from wrong. ‘To Piaget children are born with very basic mental structure’ (Simon Ungar 2004) An example of a story Piaget would give to a child would be; there are two children, one child has been told not to go into the cupboard to get a biscuit, the child does this and knocks over one cup in the process.
We may notice physical signs or changes in a child’s behaviour, or the child may hint or disclose to us that they are being abused or bullied. We must also think about how we would respond if a child were to hint or disclose this to us. Always: * report concerns about possible signs or changes in behaviour to the designated person or manager * take what children say seriously – it will take a lot of courage to tell us and children will rarely lie about abuse * reassure children that they are not to blame if they tell us they have been abused * tell children that we will have to tell someone who can help them * write down what we have observed or what has been said – but keep
a boy may not cook dinner even though they observe their mother carrying out this behaviour). Support for social influences on gender roles comes from Bandura’s bobo doll study. The study involves an adult model influencing a child’s behaviour which supports the modelling aspect of SLT. On the other hand, Bussey et al found that the influence of modelling on children and the development of their gender roles is limited by existing stereotypes. Bussey came to this conclusion when he found that children imitate same sex models but do not imitate same sex models that are gender inappropriate.
In their examination of the effects of an intervention package, they also determined that the attitudes of young children can be altered through social contact and use of children’s books. 2. Sixteen kindergarten participants were placed in a separate school in which children with disabilities were not enrolled. This no-contact group was their control group. The children in this group had neither direct nor indirect contact with children with disabilities.
More than four out of five Americans who were spanked by their parents as children say that it was an effective form of discipline" (Mattox 1). "Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline will drive it far from him" Proverbs 22:15. Spanking is not something a parent does against the child, but for the child. It teaches children to be respectful and obedient to their parents. Dr. Kenneth Schonberg a pediatric doctor says, "There's no evidence that a child who is spanked moderately is going to grow up to be a criminal or anti-social or violent" (Rosellini 2).
Child Development CD; Week 9 Attachment Patterns Essay Strange-Situation Method In the video, Mary Ainsworth devised what she called the strange situation experiment. This experiment is to test the different types of attachments, children age 14 months form to their caregivers or mothers. Her concern was to find the reaction and level of attachment and quality of attachment children have toward their caregivers. She is showing the behavior of a child, when a stranger is present with the mother present and when there mother leaves the room. Will the child warm up to the stranger when mom is gone?
1) the leading actors are not in proportion to the rest of the cast, this almost immediately gives them a higher billing and more importance than their junior counterparts. The kids in the 2005 version have been updated have also have skateboards, making it more ‘hip’ and contemporary. The original kids are very cartoon like, almost reminiscent of the slapstick style of Our Gang/Little Rascals (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0278213/) which was a film made in 1955 based on the 1928-1935 short syndicated TV show. (Appendix 1.) The kid with the skateboard in the 2005 version could almost modeled on Jay from the Jay and Silent Bob films (2001) The kids in the 2005 version have been updated have also have skateboards, making it more ‘hip’ and contemporary.
Children learn for themselves whether and when certain behaviours are worth repeating by witnessing the consequences of actions carried out by others. If aggressive behaviour produced rewards, the child will then associate that behaviour as acceptable in similar situations and repeat it. Similarly if a child has been successful in using aggression, this will also encourage the behaviour to be repeated. Evidence of this can be seen in the Bandura and Walters experiment which found that children in Group 1 who saw aggressive behaviour rewarded, later imitated the same behaviour yet those in Group 2 who had seen it be punished did not. It would appear as if the children in group 2 had not learnt the aggressive behaviour as it was not imitated which would challenge the idea that we learn through observation.
Group 1- bullies, group 2- bully-victims, group 3- victims, and group 4- pro-social children. Reliable measures used to identify these groups were done by peer reports and teachers ratings. Both teachers and peer reports used due process when measuring each child’s propensity for the group they were nominated for. The ‘peer reports’ method consisted of explaining samples of behaviors for each group of children then conducting one on one interviews with them asking specific questions related to their opinions of who would fall into each group of bullying and why. The ‘teachers reports’ method consisted of a questionnaire with a four point and five point scale to rate behaviors demonstrated by the children in the sample group.