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The following link provides detail on Bandura and comments on tv violence. What are your thoughts?http://www.mhhe.com/socscience/comm/bandur-s.mhtml

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A discussion regarding the Expert's opinion with regard to a specific article on Bandura and TV violence including how social modeling relates to the development of violent behaviors. 185 words.

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Hi,

After reading the information in the link provided, some of my thoughts are:

- I agree with Bandura to some degree about how humans learn through social modeling so having increased exposure to violence on television and in video games does contribute to a child's learning of what is socially acceptable ...

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