There Is an Old Adage: "Do What I Say, Not

question 73

Multiple Choice

There is an old adage: "Do what I say, not what I do." What do research results tell us about children's responses in a situation in which a parent says one thing but does another?

• A) Children will imitate what the parent does.
• B) Children will imitate what the parent says.
• C) Children will imitate behavior of the mother but not of the father.
• D) If the words and the behavior are not consistent, the child will not imitate at all.
• E) Learning from modeling is automatic.

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