Effect of Adult Disapproval of Cartoon Violence on Children's Aggressive Play

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“…In another facet of social learning theory, if an individual witnesses an act of aggression, that individual will be more likely to imitate that act of aggression later, especially if the act is successful in achieving the desired effect (Bandura, 1973). To illustrate, Miranda, McCluskey, Silber, von Pohle, and Bainum (2009) examined how play would be affected after a child viewed a 5minute clip of a violent cartoon in the presence of a silent adult or an adult who vocally disapproved of the violence within the cartoon. They found that children with the silent adult present demonstrated more aggres sive play and more verbal and physical aggression than children with the vocal adult.…”