Elspeth, a nonparent, watches her friend Maria’s toddler daughter throw a genuinely impressive tantrum in a restaurant. Elspeth assures Maria that if she does not reinforce the girl’s tantrums but rather models appropriate restaurant behavior and praises the girl when she behaves in an acceptable fashion, the tantrums will cease. Elspeth’s views are most consistent with those of

A. social learning theory.
B. psychoanalytic theory.
C. symbolic interaction theory.
D. object relations theory.


Answer: A

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