Comprehension

What were the hypotheses?

What were the conditions?

What were the main results? Specifically, did viewing aggression have an influence on the children's behavior? Did it influence some children more than others? Did the sex of the model make a difference?

Application & Integration

1. Can these results be generalized to children in the US? Why or why not?
2. Is there a critical/sensitive period for modeling? Explain.
3. How does modeling as a form of learning measure up to classical (aka Pavlovian) and operant conditioning paradigms? Describe some situations that one form of learning (i.e., classical, operant, modeling) works better than others.
4. What might the role of catharsis be in the viewing of violent images?
5. Based on the results from this study, should all parents follow the lead of VP Gore and get a V-chip for their television? Explain.
6. How do these results inform the Beavis and Butthead incident (when teens commited arsen shortly after the broadcast of the "fire, fire, he he he" episode)?

Be sure to e-mail your responses, including all names of discussion group participants, to: Sutapa.Ford@drexel.edu at the end of class today.

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Last update: 23 June 1998