When Don watches his brother practice the piano, he sees how proud his mother is and how she compliments himfor his hard work. This encourages Don to practice his trumpet. According to social learning theory, this is anexample of which of the following?
A. Vicarious reinforcement
B. Negative reinforcement
C. Positive reinforcement
D. Punishment
Answer: A
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What will be an ideal response?
Techniques used to assess behavior in situations like the classroom or hospital wards are called
a. personality tests. c. intelligence tests. b. behavioral rating scales. d. projective tests.
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a. selective perception c. overgeneralization b. magnification d. absolutist thinking
A therapist espouses a Freudian perspective of dream interpretation. When she interprets dreams she is likely to
a. not worry about the effects of dream work. b. work backwards from the latent content to the manifest content. c. believe that the dreams reveal the patient's unconscious wishes. d. believe that dreams include universal symbols, but not idiosyncratic symbols.