Twice each month, Gini helps to serve dinner at the "Community Table," a program that assists homeless people in the town. She brings her two children, aged nine and eleven, with her and talks to them about the need to share time, food, and kindness with others who are less fortunate. Social cognitive theorists would say that Gini's children
A. will fail to model their behavior to their mother's unless they see some reward in it.
B. are not likely to be impacted by this as their moral behavior is modeled on peers, not parents.
C. will not benefit from these experiences until they are teens.
D. are likely to develop moral behavior that includes helping others.
Answer: D
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