In an Experiment by Bandura, Ross, and Ross, One Group

question 138

Multiple Choice

In an experiment by Bandura, Ross, and Ross, one group of children watched a film in which someone violently attacked an inflated doll. Another group watched a film in which no one attacked the doll. At the end of the film, both groups were put in a room with an inflated doll. Who (if anyone) attacked the doll?

• A) the group that watched others attack the doll
• B) the group that watched others who did not attack the doll
• C) both groups
• D) neither group

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Definitions:

Collective Unconscious

A concept in Jungian psychology referring to the part of the unconscious mind that is derived from ancestral memory and experience, shared among beings of the same species.

Jung

A Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst who founded analytical psychology, known for his work on the collective unconscious and archetypes.

Barnum Effect

A psychological phenomenon where individuals believe that vague, general descriptions of personality are highly accurate for them specifically.

Validate

To confirm or support the truthfulness or accuracy of something, often involving acknowledgment or acceptance.