The effects of intelligence on responses of young children after viewing aggressive and non-aggressive cartoon models

Abstract

Based on the research in social learning theory and aggression, the objectives of the following study are threefold: (1) to assess the effect of intelligence on the modelling process, (2) to extend current findings on modelling of aggression from simple repetitive laboratory models to complex cartoon models as found on commercial television, and (3) to assess modelling of aggressive and non-aggressive behaviour from characters in a cartoon setting to dissimilar environments.