Which of the Following Categories Would a Parent Spanking a Child

question 16

Multiple Choice

Which of the following categories would a parent spanking a child for misbehaving fall into?

• A) corporal punishment
• B) capital punishment
• C) familicide
• D) cruel and unusual punishment

---

Definitions:

Individual Differences

Variations among individuals in qualities or attributes, including cognitive, emotional, and physical characteristics.

Imitation

The action of using someone or something as a model and attempting to replicate their behavior or actions.

Accommodation

In psychology, a cognitive process that adjusts mental schemes to incorporate new information; in eyesight, the process by which the eye's lens changes shape to focus on objects at various distances.

Mirror Neurons

A type of brain cell that fires both when an individual acts and when the individual observes the same action performed by another, playing a role in learning and empathy.