A Traffic Cop Has Pulled Over a Speeder, Only to Discover

question 109

Multiple Choice

A traffic cop has pulled over a speeder, only to discover that she has stopped a close friend. The police officer is torn, because her professional obligations demand that she punish the speeder, but her personal obligations suggest that she should give a friend a break. What is this called?

• A) dramaturgy
• B) ego strain
• C) an expression of behavior
• D) role conflict
• E) role strain

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Definitions:

Reflexes

Automatic, involuntary responses or actions to specific stimuli, serving as basic mechanisms of the nervous system.

Reinforcement Schedule

A strategy in behavior analysis that determines how and when a response will be followed by a reinforcement.

Social Learning Theory

Proposes that new behaviors can be acquired by observing and imitating others.

Aggressive Behavior

Actions or attitudes that are hostile, destructive, or violent, which may harm or intend to harm another individual or entity.