Researchers Who Adopt a Social Learning Approach to Understanding Parents

question 3

Multiple Choice

Researchers who adopt a Social Learning approach to understanding parents and their child-rearing behaviors might focus on ______.

• A) operant conditioning behaviors that parents exhibit
• B) parents' consistent recall of their own parents' behaviors
• C) social interactions that promote or block close relationships
• D) maladaptive thoughts held by parents and/or children

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Definitions:

Elastic

The ability of an object or material to resume its normal shape after being stretched or compressed, a characteristic of materials like rubber.

Oxytocin

Hormone, released by the posterior pituitary, that causes contraction of the uterus and milk letdown.

Uterus

In mammals, expanded portion of the female reproductive tract through which eggs pass to the environment or in which an embryo develops and is nourished before birth.

Hormones

Chemical substances produced in the body that regulate the activity of cells or organs, essential for every activity of life, including the processes of digestion, metabolism, growth, reproduction, and mood control.