Which of the following best summarizes social-cognitive learning theory?
A) Children learn best through observation as long as they are consistently rewarded for the same behaviors.
B) Children respond best to frequent reinforcement and praise.
C) Rewards and punishers are not always necessary as children learn through observing siblings' interactions with their parents.
D) Punishment is preferred over reinforcement as a means of teaching new behaviors.
C
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What procedure do psychologists recommend to reduce the probability that a witness will identify an incorrect person in a police lineup? a. Encourage the witness to identify someone
b. Use a supervising officer who does not know which person the police suspect. c. Let the witness examine all suspects repeatedly before making a choice. d. Identify to the witness the person the police most strongly suspect.
How did Baconian science differ from Galilean science?
What will be an ideal response?
Through the process of medical school, doctors-in-training
a. lose some of their natural ability to communicate with patients b. learn to ask fewer leading questions c. become better at eliciting all types of information from patients d. all of the above e. none of the above
Mario found a +0.80 correlation coefficient between height and diet. He was able to conclude that
A) ?a particular diet causes people to grow. B) ?people who are taller eat more. C) ?there is a strong relationship between height and diet. D) ?should be careful what they feed their children because it could stunt their growth.