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In One of Bandura's Early Studies, One Group of Children

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In one of Bandura's early studies, one group of children watched an adult model being rewarded for being aggressive toward an inflatable clown, while a second group watched the model being punished for the same aggressive behaviours. Immediately following the session, the children were allowed to play with the inflatable clown. Later, the children were offered a reward for reproducing some of the behaviours they had seen the aggressive models exhibit. What did Bandura conclude from this study?


A) Vicarious punishment does not seem to influence children's future performance of observed behaviours.
B) If observational learning has occurred, it will be displayed immediately.
C) Children may acquire new behaviours via observation, although they may not perform the behaviours until they are either motivated or capable.
D) Boys appear to learn more effectively from television than do girls.

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