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Mothers who smack turn their children into bullies The article "Mothers who smack turn their children into bullies" originates from the Sunday Express, September 13, 1998 and was written by Dorothy Lepkowska, Education Correspondent. The article has three underlying psychological assumptions. The first assumption is that children who grow up in an aggressive environment are more likely to become aggressive. Prof. Peter Goldsmith (psychologist) expresses "children living in a home atmosphere full of aggression are more likely to turn into bullies". This suggests that it is the aggressive reinforcement of the individuals in the home that affects the child's behaviour, therefore creating a bully. This can be related to Bandura's Social Learning Theory, where he investigated the effect role models had on children's behaviour. His laboratory experiment was called "Bashing Bobo", and concluded that children imitate their behaviour on behaviour they observe from other individuals. He referred to this as "Imitated Aggression". The...

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