Use The Following Question To Come Up With A Hypothesis

Use The Following Question To Come Up With A Hypothesis

Use the following question to come up with a hypothesis sentence from the attached paragraph: If you believed that knowing a child's baseline for aggression would alter the interpretation of the Bobo doll experiment and wanted to challenge Bandura's experiment what would your hypothesis be? Instructions: The following paragraph is what I wrote and where she came up with her question for. I wanted to include it for you to read so you know what hypothesis sentence to come up with. { One of the major limitations of albert Bandura’s Bobo Doll experiment is the failure to account for child’s behavior before the treatment was administered. For instance, a given child might already be prone to violent outbursts even before Bandura showed him/her the video of an aggressive adult model or modeled them by showing them a room with a model behaving aggressively towards the Bobo Doll. In this scenario measuring the child’s imitation of aggressive behavior would serve no purpose as the experiment is not the only priming social situation. To address this problem, a study should be conducted before the Bobo Doll experiment to determine each child’s level of aggressiveness beforehand. In this setup, each child should be shown a room with a variety of toys and allowed to interact with them, while the research observes any aggressive on non-aggressive behaviors. Then their score could probably be rated on a scale of 1-10 with the lower values denoting non-aggressive traits while upper values denoting increased levels of aggression. }

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The Bobo Doll experiment conducted by Albert Bandura is a seminal study in understanding aggressive behavior and observational learning. While the experiment provided compelling evidence of how children imitate aggressive models, a significant limitation lies in the lack of consideration for the children's baseline aggression levels prior to the experimental manipulation. If a child's inherent propensity for aggression influences their response to observed aggression, then the interpretation of the results must be reconsidered. Therefore, a hypothesis that challenges Bandura’s original findings would focus on the role of baseline aggression in moderating observed imitative behavior.

Specifically, it can be hypothesized that children with higher initial aggression levels will exhibit more imitative aggressive behaviors in the Bobo Doll experiment, regardless of whether they observed an aggressive or non-aggressive model. Conversely, children with lower baseline aggression may only imitate aggressive behavior if exposed to an aggressive model, and may show minimal aggression otherwise. Consequently, the relationship between observed aggression and imitative behavior is moderated by pre-existing levels of aggression present before the experimental exposure.

This hypothesis challenges Bandura's original conclusion by suggesting that the tendency of children to imitate aggressive behavior is not solely a consequence of observational learning but is significantly influenced by their prior aggressive tendencies. To test this hypothesis, a modified experimental design could include pre-assessment of each child's aggression levels through a neutral interaction environment, where individual behaviors are measured before exposure to models. Subsequent behaviors during the experimental phase would then be compared with baseline aggression scores. If children with higher baseline aggression scores consistently display more aggressive imitative behaviors, it would indicate that predisposition plays a pivotal role in how observational learning manifests in aggressive contexts.

Research in child development supports the idea that inherent temperament and prior social experiences influence behavior in new situations. For example, Dodge’s (1980) studies on aggressive children highlight that some children are more prone to aggressive responses due to their temperament, which influences their reactions in social environments. Similarly, Crick and Dodge (1994) emphasized the importance of individual differences in aggressive responses based on prior experiences and dispositions.

Therefore, the hypothesis that baseline aggression significantly affects the outcomes of the Bobo Doll experiment calls for a nuanced interpretation of observational learning processes. It suggests that children are not purely passive recipients of modeled behavior but are influenced by their inherent tendencies. If supported, this hypothesis could have important implications for understanding aggression development and designing interventions to reduce violence among children by considering their individual predispositions.

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