Bandura's Social Learning Theory

After observation, Bandura’s results showed that the children in the control group paid no attention to the Bobo doll, and the non-aggressive model group showed little interest in the Bobo doll. The aggressive model group showed immense interest in the Bobo doll. Not only did they exhibit the behavior they were shown in the video, they also exhibited verbal aggression toward the doll, and even devised new ways of hitting the doll. The results of this experiment supported Bandura’s Social Learning Theory. In an article by Saul McLeod, he explains Banduras Social Learning Theory as “learning social behavior such as aggression through the process of observation learning - through watching the behavior of another person” (McLeod). Bandura’s experiment