▁room ▁the ▁child ▁was ▁allowed ▁to ▁play ▁for ▁the ▁duration ▁of ▁ 2 0 ▁minutes ▁while ▁the ▁experiment er ▁evaluated ▁the ▁child ' s ▁play . ▁ ▁The ▁first ▁measure ▁recorded ▁was ▁based ▁on ▁physical ▁ag gression ▁such ▁as ▁p unch ing , ▁kick ing , ▁sitting ▁on ▁the ▁Bob o ▁doll , ▁hitting ▁it ▁with ▁a ▁mal let , ▁and ▁toss ing ▁it ▁around ▁the ▁room . ▁The ▁second ▁measure ▁recorded ▁was ▁ver bal ▁ag gression . ▁The ▁jud ges ▁counted ▁each ▁time ▁the ▁children ▁im itated ▁the ▁ag gress ive ▁adult ▁model ▁and ▁recorded ▁their ▁results . ▁The ▁third ▁measure ▁was ▁the ▁number ▁of ▁times ▁the ▁mal let ▁was ▁used ▁to ▁display ▁other ▁forms ▁of ▁ag gression ▁than ▁hitting ▁the ▁doll . ▁The ▁final ▁measure ▁included ▁modes ▁of ▁ag gression ▁shown ▁by ▁the ▁child ▁that ▁were ▁not ▁direct ▁im itation ▁of ▁the ▁role - model ' s ▁behavior . ▁ ▁Results ▁ ▁Band ura ▁found ▁that ▁the ▁children ▁exposed ▁to ▁the ▁ag gress ive ▁model ▁were ▁more ▁likely ▁to ▁purs ue ▁phys ically ▁ag gress ive ▁behavior ▁than ▁those ▁who ▁were ▁not ▁exposed ▁to ▁the ▁ag gress ive ▁model . ▁In ▁regards ▁to ▁the ▁ag gress ive ▁model , ▁the ▁number ▁of ▁im itative ▁physical ▁ag gress ions ▁exhib ited ▁by ▁the ▁boys ▁was ▁ 3 8 . 2 ▁and ▁ 1 2 . 7 ▁for ▁the ▁girls . ▁The ▁results ▁concerning ▁gender ▁differences ▁strongly ▁satisfied ▁Band ura ' s ▁prediction ▁that ▁children ▁are ▁more ▁influenced ▁by ▁same - sex ▁models