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Question 41

In the study of the transmission of aggression by Bandura et al. (1961), a matched participants design was implemented to control for individual differences. To achieve this matching, the children were rated beforehand by an experimenter and a nursery teacher on which specific set of pre-existing behavioural characteristics?

A

Chronological age, verbal intelligence (IQ), and pre-existing levels of physical and verbal aggression.

B

Pre-existing physical aggression, verbal aggression, aggression toward inanimate objects, and aggressive inhibition.

C

Frequency of cooperative play, sibling status (only child vs. having siblings), and history of nursery attendance.

D

Baseline levels of physical activity, reactivity to frustration, and obedience to adult instructions.

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External influences on children's behaviour Questions

  1. A Level
  2. /Psychology
  3. /External influences on children's behaviour

152 exam-style questions on OCR A Level Psychology External influences on children's behaviour, covering Bandura et al. (1961): Transmission of aggression and Chaney et al. (2004): Funhaller study. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.

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