While His Exhausted Mother Was Taking a Nap, Four-Year-Old Dennis

question 326

Multiple Choice

While his exhausted mother was taking a nap, four-year-old Dennis decided to help her out by doing the laundry. He dragged a stool over to the washing machine, stuffed clothes into it, turned it on, and dumped a box of detergent on top of the clothes. Which psychologist and which learning theory could best explain Dennis's behavior?

• A) Ivan Pavlov; classical conditioning
• B) Edward Thorndike; the law of effect
• C) Albert Bandura; observational learning
• D) John Garcia; biological preparedness

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Definitions:

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