What Major Modification to Behaviourism Did Dollard and Miller Propose

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Essay

What major modification to behaviourism did Dollard and Miller propose in the 1940s and 1950s? Describe the social-learning theories that were in full bloom in the 1960s and the 1970s. What did Albert Bandura and his colleagues illustrate through their studies in which children watched films of an adult kicking, punching, and hammering on a big rubber doll?

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Definitions:

Resistance Movement

Groups or organizations that resist or fight against an occupying force or oppressive government, often using guerrilla tactics.

Dominant Elite

A small group of powerful people who hold a disproportionate amount of wealth, privilege, political power, or skill in a society.

Committees of Correspondence

Groups formed in the American colonies in the 18th century to foster communication about resistance to British policies.

Resistance Movement

An organized effort by some portion of the civil population of a country to resist the legally established government or an occupying power and to disrupt civil order and stability.