Social Learning Theory Is

question 41

Multiple Choice

Social learning theory is

• A) The theory that people choose relationships in which they can maximize their benefits and minimize their costs
• B) A theory that family conflict is normal and the task is not to eliminate conflict but to learn to control it so that it becomes constructive
• C) A theory suggesting that children learn how to behave in relationships by modeling their parents' behaviors and attitudes
• D) None of the above

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Definitions:

Tentative Explanations

Preliminary hypotheses or guesses made to explain a phenomenon, subject to further confirmation or refutation.

Scientifically Tested

The evaluation or investigation of a hypothesis, theory, or product through rigorous and controlled experiments to establish its validity or efficacy.

Theories

Systematically organized knowledge applicable in a relatively wide variety of circumstances, especially a system of assumptions, accepted principles, and rules of procedure to analyze, predict, or otherwise explain the nature or behavior of a specified set of phenomena.

Self-Determining

The ability or process of making one's own choices and controlling one's own life without being influenced or pressured by others.