Which of the following is a criticism of the social learning theory?

A) Children have some knowledge of gender apart from what they learn from modeling.
B) The notion of "reinforcement" is not scientifically valid because it cannot be observed.
C) It is a fact that children do not create schema or mental categories.
D) The theory depicts children as active creators of socialization messages.


A

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A researcher who is unwilling to give up his or her own research claims despite empirical findings that counter them is displaying which two biases most strongly?

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