Which of the Following Statements Is FALSE About Step-Families

question 56

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is FALSE about step-families?

• A)Boys become less anxious, experience an increase in self-esteem, and make a better adjustment when they gain a step-father.
• B)Girls do not seem to benefit from gaining a step-father.
• C)The step-father should refrain from directly controlling the child's behavior.
• D)Girls tend to become more aggressive and less passive when they gain a step-father.

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Definitions:

Primary Reinforcers

Innate reinforcing qualities, such as food or water, that satisfy biological needs.

Superstitious Behaviour

Actions linked to beliefs in supernatural causality, where one event causes another without any natural process linking the two events, often influenced by cultural or personal significance.

Partial Reinforcement

A type of learning in which a behavior is reinforced only a portion of the time it occurs, known to increase resistance to extinction.

Non-Contingent Reinforcement

A form of reinforcement where rewards are given at fixed or variable intervals independent of the recipient's behavior.