Publications > Observer > Observations > Bandura and BoboĮvaluating the Bobo Doll experiment: Since the experiment was made using children and relying on these children’s judgement, in my humble opinion, is not a strong result. It’s an impressive legacy for a project that began with a little creativity and an inflatable clown. He was also named among the top five most eminent 20 th century psychologists by the Review of General Psychology. Bandura is a member of an elite group who received both APS lifetime achievement awards: the William James and James Mckeen Cattell Fellow Awards. His Bobo-inspired social learning theory also contributed to the development of cognitive-behavioral therapy. Today, questions about violent media and video games linger, so Bandura’s research on aggression remains relevant. “Bandura’s findings were particularly important in 1960s America, when lawmakers, broadcasters, and the general public were engaged in serious debate regarding the effects of television violence on the behavior of children,” she says. Since Bandura donated his original Bobo doll in May 2010, it has been one of the Center’s most popular exhibits.įaye notes that the Bobo doll experiments were also influential outside of the scientific community. “In many respects, this research helped create the shift in psychology from a behavioristic to a social-cognitive approach to learning,” says Cathy Faye, Assistant Director of the Center for the History of Psychology at The University of Akron. He suggested that people could learn by observing and imitating others’ behavior. Children who were exposed to a non-aggressive adult or no model at all had far less aggression toward Bobo.īandura’s findings challenged the widely accepted behaviorist view that rewards and punishments are essential to learning. They even came up with new ways to hurt Bobo, such as throwing darts or aiming a toy gun at him. Similar to their adult models, the children kicked the doll, hit it with a mallet, and threw it in the air. The doll, called Bobo, was the opposite of menacing with its wide, ecstatic grin and goofy clown outfit.īut when it was their own turn to play with Bobo, children who witnessed an adult pummeling the doll were likely to show aggression too. Your circus haunt will be the talk of the town when you use The Horror Dome’s animatronic clowns to spice them up.In 1961, children in APS Fellow Albert Bandura’s laboratory witnessed an adult beating up an inflatable clown. Psycho Clown Cut-Up is even more blatant in his blood-stained whites and growling chainsaw as he stands over the last victim who didn’t run away fast enough. Within you’ll find the ceiling crawling clown animatronic, something straight out of a Trainspotting nightmare gone even worse. One that will give your guests chills years later when they talk about their visit. This Halloween Animatronics collection includes unique opportunities to turn your circus themed haunt into a truly memorable experience. Our collection of Animatronic Clowns takes these naturally horrifying traits of the clown and combines them with modern age animatronic technology to create something truly horrifying. Once they begin stalking towards you with their exaggerated movements, booming voices, and chilling laugh, all bets are off. Their macabre face-paint and garish attire separate them from casual humanity before they ever move or open their mouths. It doesn’t take blood or gore to make clowns horrifying they’re plenty capable of causing us to become unsettled without any additional trappings.
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