Punishment of a Misbehaviour Is Justified

question 61

Multiple Choice

Punishment of a misbehaviour is justified:

• A)any time a behaviour interferes with other students' learning.
• B)when other disciplinary strategies have failed.
• C)when a student has exhibited the behaviour at least three times.
• D)when the behaviour hurts another student's feelings.

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Definitions:

Fundamental Attribution Error

The tendency to overemphasize personality traits and underestimate situational factors when explaining another individual's behavior.

Self-fulfilling Prophecy

A belief or expectation that causes itself to become true due to positive feedback between belief and behavior.

Halo Effect

A cognitive bias where the perception of one positive characteristic of a person or thing influences the overall perception of that entity in a disproportionately positive way.

Primacy Effect

Refers to the tendency for the first items presented in a series to be remembered more easily or to be more influential than subsequent items.