Citation

Mallou JV, Sanchez MJL, Tobio MTB, Mellenbergh GJ. Aggressive Behav. 1992; 18(6): 401-410.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1992, International Society for Research on Aggression, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

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Abstract

Since Bandura's theories of social learning were published [Social Learning Theory, 1977; Am Psychol 34:439, 1979], several explanations have been given to account for the fact that observers tend to do the same thing as an observed person. This effect of patterning facilitation was studied. The role that Bandura [Am Psychol 34:439, 1979] attributes to patterning as an augmentor of aggressiveness was studied starting from the position of Carver et al. [J Exp Soc Psychol 19:403, 1983]. They suggest that an aggressive pattern will provide a given subject with a number of conceptual schemes to interpret any other information or situation. In order to assess this hypothesis, different subject groups were exposed to different sequences of patterning and were observed in a later situation similar to the one presented in the pattern. The effect of patterning basically depended on the subject's interpretation of the situation, and this guided their subsequent motivations.