Based on Social-Cognitive Learning Theory, What Is One Reason Why

question 64

Multiple Choice

Based on social-cognitive learning theory, what is one reason why parents who were abused as children are more likely to abuse their own children in turn?

• A) Aggression is inherited.
• B) They are usually uneducated.
• C) They learned that violence is acceptable.
• D) They are pressured by the grandparents to use an iron fist.

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Definitions:

Operant Conditioning

An approach to teaching where alterations in behavior magnitude are realized through positive or negative feedback.

Skinner Box

An experimental apparatus used by B.F. Skinner in the study of animal behavior, allowing systematic study of behavioral conditioning.

Reinforcer

A stimulus that, when presented after a behavior, increases the likelihood of that behavior being repeated.

Cumulative Recorder

A device used in behavioral psychology to visually represent the rate of responses over time in a graph form.