When children observed an adult treating a Bobo doll in an aggressive manner
A) they were more likely to treat the doll aggressively themselves when they had the chance to play with it.
B) it aroused a great deal of anxiety in the children and the experiment needed to be discontinued.
C) only children who were initially highly aggressive in their play were affected by what they saw.
D) they exactly copied what they saw the adult do when they played with a smaller doll.

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The Bobo doll experiment conducted by Albert Bandura found that children who had observed an adult treating the doll aggressively were more likely to behave aggressively towards the same doll when they had the chance to play with it. This indicates that children can learn aggressive behavior through observation and modeling.

When Children Observed an Adult Treating a Bobo Doll in an Aggressive