The Bobo doll experiment showed that kids can learn aggression by watching adults act aggressively. Boys acted more ...

Albert Bandura, a psychologist who reshaped modern understanding of human behavior with his insights into such questions as how people interact and learn, how they develop and in some cases violate ...

He was most known for his Bobo doll experiment, in which children mimicked adults in attacking an inflatable doll. The work challenged basic tenets of psychology. By Erica Goode Albert Bandura, a ...

Among the classic tales we tell psychology students every semester is that of the fabled Bobo doll. In the typical story, young children are brought to a psychology laboratory. There, they watch adult ...

correction A previous version of this article incorrectly said that President Barack Obama awarded Dr. Bandura a National Medal of Science in 2014. Dr. Bandura received the award in 2016. The article ...