Practice question · Multiple choice
Bandura found children who saw a model punished imitated far less - until they were offered a reward, at which point they performed the aggressive acts accurately. Why does that second finding matter more than the first?
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- If seeing the model punished had stopped them learning, what should have happened when a reward was offered?
- They performed it accurately. When did they acquire the accuracy?
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C. Because it shows punishment prevented only the expression.
Why
The first result alone is ambiguous: less aggression is compatible with not having learned and with having learned and declined. The incentive condition separates them, offered a reward, those children reproduced the sequence accurately, which they could only have acquired while watching. What is watched is learned and stays available, waiting on circumstances.
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