From Bandura's research on observational learning in children we can conclude that whether a child performs an aggressive act depends on
A. the amount of social encouragement the child has received to be aggressive.
B. how extremely aggressive the behavior is.
C. whether the model's behavior is reinforced or punished.
D. whether the model is the child's parent.
C
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The shaping of behavior is accomplished by:
a. reinforcing whenever possible. b. reinforcing only successive approximations of the final behavior desired. c. punishing any behaviors other than the desired final behavior. d. extinguishing competing behavior.
Research on testosterone and aggression indicates that
a. it is surprising that women ever aggress given that they have no testosterone. b. their relationship in human males is weaker and less reliable than expected. c. very little regarding aggressive behavior is actually heritable. d. their relationship disappears when you examine samples of elderly adults.
Which of the following is NOT true about the distribution of sample means?
A. The mean of the distribution of sample means cluster around the center of the distribution. B. A single mean from the distribution of sample means may be close or far from the population mean. C. The distribution of means is crucial in inferential statistics. D. The distribution of means approximates population distribution as the sample size gets larger.
The fact that women are more likely to suffer from insect phobias than men is most likely due to
A. biological differences. B. differences in neurochemical pathways. C. cultural expectations. D. genetic influences.