The Bobo Doll experiments are famous for establishing that kids who watch violent behavior are more likely to display violent tendencies. But the original experiments had a twist that most people ...

The Bobo doll studies were often perceived as demonstrating that aggression was learned and that this could possibly apply to things like movie violence and violent crime.

Albert Bandura, a pscyhologist, died recently at age 95. He is perhaps best known for his Bobo doll experiment, which provided new insights into the roots of this behavior in children: ...

Claudia Hammond presents a series looking at the development of psychology. Albert Bandura's ground-breaking 1961 Bobo Doll experiment explosed the dangers of imitative behaviour. Show more ...

Among the classic tales we tell psychology students every semester is that of the fabled Bobo doll. In the typical story, young children are brought to a psychology laboratory. There, they watch ...