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THE EFFECTS OF AN AGGRESSIVE FILM MODEL ON SOCIAL INTERACTION IN GROUPS OF MIDDLE‐CLASS AND WORKING‐CLASS BOYS
Author(s) -
Kniveton Bromley H.,
Stephenson Geoffrey M.
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
journal of child psychology and psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.652
H-Index - 211
eISSN - 1469-7610
pISSN - 0021-9630
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-7610.1975.tb00364.x
Subject(s) - psychology , assertiveness , middle class , working class , developmental psychology , social class , situational ethics , class (philosophy) , interpersonal communication , social relation , interpersonal interaction , social skills , interpersonal relationship , social psychology , artificial intelligence , politics , political science , computer science , law
Summary Forty‐eight middle‐class and forty‐eight working‐class boys in their first year at primary school were each assigned to one of the four experimental conditions. Situational pre‐experience significantly reduced the amount of imitative competitive behaviour in response to seeing the film. The effect of interpersonal pre‐experience varied according to the social class of the child. Acquainted middle‐class children were less likely to be assertive; acquainted working‐class children were more likely to be assertive than were their unacquainted fellow subjects. Working‐class children were generally more competitive than the middle‐class children.