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The Bobo Doll Study

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Bandura showed that children who watched an adult act aggressively toward an inflatable doll reproduced that aggression without being reinforced.

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Children who saw the adult punished for the aggression reproduced less of it than those who saw no punishment.

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The study demonstrates acquisition through observation. It does not establish long-term real-world aggression.