Imagine a husband and wife asking Bandura for advice on how they should teach their young child to say "please" and "thank you.". Which of the following would Bandura be MOST likely to suggest?
a. Punish the child when she fails to say "please" and "thank you"
b. Give the child positive reinforcement for saying "please" and "thank you"
c. Use negative reinforcement and withhold the requested item until the child says "please"
d. Consistently say "please" and "thank you" in your interactions with others
D
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Refusing to recognize some anxiety-provoking event or information is the Freudian defense mechanism called:
A. denial B. sublimation C. rationalization D. displacement
As you browse the Internet and read posts on various discussion boards and forums, you notice that people are very willing to discuss personal intimate details about the lives. What is the best explanation of this?
a. deindividuation c. group polarization b. bystander effect d. altruism
A unique characteristic of a person is called a ______________
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
Although the social cognitive view of personality has many advocates, why do some opt to look for more appropriate ways of studying this topic?
a) because they argue that these topics are not adequately open to scientific inquiry and thus are not appropriate for consideration in a scientific field b) because they argue that identifying some of these cognitive processes, such as self-efficacy or locus of control, is not enough to develop a comprehensive theory of personality c) because its emphasis on topics like the unconscious and childhood sexuality are distasteful to many d) because its use of techniques like unconditional positive regard and the life story identity method produce results that are unverifiable and resistant to replication