Scotty, a six-year-old, asks his dad if they could buy some power tools. Scotty enjoys watching his dad work with wood. Which theoretical perspective would explain Scotty's behavior by focusing on modeling?

a. Freud's psychosexual stages
b. Erikson's psychosocial stages
c. Piaget's theory of cognitive development
d. Bandura's social cognitive theory


D

Psychology

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