Researchers investigated whether children would copy behaviour shown by a character on a screen. Sixty children were randomly allocated to one of two conditions:
Immediately afterwards and one week later, each child completed a drawing task in which one felt-tip pen had to be shared with another child. The researchers recorded whether each child took the pen without asking.
| Condition | Took the pen without asking immediately | Took the pen without asking one week later |
|---|---|---|
| Snatching condition | 18 out of 30 | 8 out of 30 |
| Waiting condition | 7 out of 30 | 6 out of 30 |
Explain how far the change in the two groups' pen-taking over the week is consistent with learning through observation and imitation.
135 exam-style questions on OCR GCSE Psychology 1.2 Theories/Explanations of why criminal/anti-social behaviour occurs, covering 1.2.1 SLT: identification with role models, 1.2.2 SLT: observation and imitation, 1.2.3 SLT: vicarious reinforcement, 1.2.4 SLT: direct reinforcement and internalisation; criticisms, 1.2.5 SLT research study: Cooper and Mackie (1986), 1.2.6 Eysenck's Criminal Personality Theory, 1.2.7 CNS, arousal and criminal personality, 1.2.8 Brain function, synapses and dopamine in psychoticism, 1.2.9 Dopamine reward, RAS and cortex in extroversion, 1.2.10 Autonomic nervous and limbic system in neuroticism, 1.2.11 Early socialisation and conditioning; criticisms, and 1.2.12 Criminal Personality research study: Heaven (1996). Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.