Children are shown a film where an adult is attacking a Bobo doll. The adult is shown kicking, throwing, punching and hitting the Bobo doll with a mallet.
Children in group A are shown the adult being praised with sweets and lemonade after beating up the doll.
Children in group B are shown the adult being told off after beating up the doll.
Children in group C are just shown the film where the adult is attacking the doll.
After the film each child spend 10 minutes in a playroom with a Bobo doll, the children behaviour was observed.
Children in group A and C showed same level of aggressive behaviour.
Children in B showed less aggression as they extract the cognition that aggressive behaviour would be punished.
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