Describe the psychology that is being investigated in the study by Bandura et al. (aggression).

Mark scheme

Marking points from the official mark scheme (Oct/Nov 2020). The mark or mark type is shown in brackets.

1. 1 mark per 'psychology' point made
2. 1 identification mark is available
3. 1 mark available for an explicit example from the study
4. Creditworthy 'psychology' includes Social Learning Theory, frustration-aggression, delayed imitation.
5. e.g.:
6. Social Learning theory was being investigated which centres around observing and imitating behaviours;
7. People pay attention to a role model;
8. They retain this information in their memory;
9. They must feel like they are capable of imitating the behaviour;
10. They must feel motivated to want to imitate the behaviour / feel will get rewarded for imitation.
11. Aggression can be physical (hitting) and verbal (shouting).
12. Delayed imitation is when someone witnesses a behaviour at one time point, but only reproduces that behaviour at a different time point.