▁There ▁are ▁different ▁variations ▁of ▁the ▁experiment . ▁The ▁most ▁notable ▁experiment ▁measured ▁the ▁children ' s ▁behavior ▁after ▁seeing ▁the ▁human ▁model ▁get ▁reward ed , ▁get ▁pun ished , ▁or ▁experience ▁no ▁consequence ▁for ▁phys ically ▁ab using ▁the ▁Bob o ▁doll . ▁The ▁experiments ▁are ▁empir ical ▁methods ▁to ▁test ▁Band ura ' s ▁social ▁learning ▁theory . ▁The ▁social ▁learning ▁theory ▁claims ▁that ▁people ▁learn ▁largely ▁by ▁obser ving , ▁im it ating , ▁and ▁model ing . ▁It ▁demonstr ates ▁that ▁people ▁learn ▁not ▁only ▁by ▁being ▁reward ed ▁or ▁pun ished ▁( oper ant ▁condition ing ), ▁but ▁they ▁can ▁also ▁learn ▁from ▁watching ▁somebody ▁else ▁being ▁reward ed ▁or ▁pun ished ▁( observ ational ▁learning ). ▁These ▁experiments ▁are ▁important ▁because ▁they ▁resulted ▁in ▁many ▁more ▁studies ▁concerning ▁the ▁effects ▁of ▁observ ational ▁learning . ▁The ▁new ▁data ▁from ▁the ▁studies ▁has ▁practical ▁imp lications , ▁for ▁example ▁by ▁providing ▁evidence ▁of ▁how ▁children ▁can ▁be ▁influenced ▁by ▁watching ▁violent ▁media . ▁ ▁Ex periment ▁of ▁ 1 9 6 1 ▁ ▁Method ▁ ▁The ▁participants ▁of ▁this ▁experiment ▁were ▁ 3 6 ▁boys ▁and ▁ 3 6 ▁girls ▁from ▁the ▁Stan ford ▁University ▁nur ser y ▁school , ▁all ▁between ▁the ▁ages ▁of ▁ 3 7 ▁months ▁and ▁ 6 9 ▁months ▁with ▁a ▁mean ▁age ▁of ▁ 5 2 ▁months ▁( here ▁and ▁following , ▁). ▁For ▁the ▁experiments , ▁ 2 4 ▁of ▁the ▁children ▁were ▁exposed ▁to ▁an ▁ag gress ive ▁model