Melvin Kohn Found That Working-Class and Middle-Class Families Focused on Different

question 67

Multiple Choice

Melvin Kohn found that working-class and middle-class families focused on different characteristics for their children (obedience or creativity, for example) , and attributed the differences to

• A) the characteristics of the parents' jobs.
• B) parents' desires for children to do better than they (the parents) were doing.
• C) the religion associated with these parents' classes.
• D) the different race and ethnicity of the families.

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Definitions:

Self-Efficacy

An individual's belief in their capacity to execute behaviors necessary to produce specific performance attainments.

Law Of Effect

The principle that behaviour followed by pleasant consequences is likely to be repeated; behaviour followed by unpleasant consequences is not.

Behaviour

Refers to the actions or reactions of an object or organism, often in relation to the environment or stimuli.

Pleasant Outcomes

The positive results or benefits achieved from a specific action, decision, or event.