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Bandura (1965) used a similar experimental set up to the one outlined above to test vicarious reinforcement. The experiment had different consequences for the model’s aggression to the three groups of children.

An observer’s behavior can also be affected by the positive or negative consequences of a model’s behavior. Several months later, Jigsaw used the puppet for the game of another victim, Michael Marks. When he awoke, a TV turned on, showing the puppet which revealed to him that he had a key planted behind his right eye which he had to cut out within 60 seconds. Otherwise a metal mask with numerous nails on the inside would close on his head and kill him. Unfortunately, Michael wasn't able to accomplish his task and died. When the corpse was found during an asbestos disposal, Detective Allison Kerry secured the video tape and took it to her office at the police station for further examination. ( Saw II) In the sixth episode of the anime adaptation of Library War, Billy the Puppet appears in a horror movie watched by one of the characters.When Bobby Dagen woke up after his abduction by Hoffman he found himself to be trapped in a cylindrical cage. Moments later a TV turned on in front of him, showing another video of Jigsaw's puppet. The puppet told Bobby that he was abducted because of his lies and therefore had to pass a series of tests. If he didn't manage to do so, his wife, Joyce Dagen, would be killed after 60 minutes. Billy is a puppet that has appeared in the Saw franchise. It was used by John "Jigsaw" Kramer, often appearing on a television screen, or occasionally in person, to describe the details of the traps and the means by which the test subjects could survive.

The child was in the room for 20 minutes, and their behavior was observed and rated though a one-way mirror. Observations were made at 5-second intervals, therefore, giving 240 response units for each child. The researchers pre-tested the children for how aggressive they were by observing the children in the nursery and judged their aggressive behavior on four 5-point rating scales. A costume of Billy was added to Call of Duty: Modern Warfare for Warzone operator Morte as a part of The Haunting of Verdansk event. A costume of Billy was added to Call of Duty: Mobile for operator Morte as a part of Season 9 Nightmare.

Vicarious Reinforcement Bobo Doll Study

Cumberbatch (1990) found that children who had not played with a Bobo Doll before were five times as likely to imitate the aggressive behavior than those who were familiar with it; he claims that the novelty value of the doll makes it more likely that children will imitate the behavior. A further criticism of the study is that the demonstrations are measured almost immediately. With such snapshot studies, we cannot discover if such a single exposure can have long-term effects. The endurance and popularity of the Saw franchise has resulted in Billy becoming a pop culture icon and the production of Billy merchandise. Experiments can be replicated. Standardized procedures and instructions were used, allowing for replicability. In fact, the study has been replicated with slight changes, such as using video, and similar results were found (Bandura, 1963).

Bobo doll experiment demonstrated that children are able to learn social behavior such as aggression through the process of observation learning, through watching the behavior of another person. The findings support Bandura’s (1977) Social Learning Theory. Other behaviors that didn’t imitate that of the model were also recorded e.g., punching the Bobo doll on the nose.Billy appears in a Dutch parody of The Little House on the Prairie from "De TV kantine". Nellie needs to cut off her arm or else she will see a man naked again which is seen earlier in the episode. In the Speechless episode titled N-I-- NIGHTMARE ON D-I-- DIMEO STREET, Kenneth dresses as Billy the Puppet and communicates with the Dimeo's through a TV set

Billy is in the video game Dead by Daylight as a prop as part of the Saw chapter. He appears sitting on the character-specific prop boxes that appear in maps when the player chooses "The Pig", a licensed character from Saw (who is Amanda Young in her Jigsaw apprentice reliefs). In an episode of The Simpsons, Bart takes his adopted brother to see a horror film with Billy the Puppet on screen stabbing someone with a chef knife.The final 24 children (12 boys and 12 girls) were used as a control group and not exposed to any model at all.