Institutional Settings, Such as Mental Hospitals, Halfway Houses, Schools for the Intellectually

question 211

Multiple Choice

Institutional settings, such as mental hospitals, halfway houses, schools for the intellectually disabled, programs for delinquents, and ordinary classrooms, make use of reinforcement, in the form of symbolic rewards that can be exchanged for real rewards. These symbolic rewards are called

• A)tokens.
• B)reinforcement operants.
• C)conditioned stimuli.
• D)stimulus controls.

Differentiate between internal (personal) and external (situational) attributions and their application to self and others.

Understand the concepts of blaming the victim and diffusion of responsibility.

Recognize the impact of reporting styles across cultures on the perception of events.

Learn about the self-effacing and self-serving biases in the context of success and failure attribution.

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