The Concerned Parent of a 9-Year-Old Confides in the Health-Care

question 8

Multiple Choice

The concerned parent of a 9-year-old confides in the health-care worker that her child will only wear the athletic jersey with the number of his favorite professional quarterback and insists on being called by the quarterback's name rather than his own.The health-care worker bases her response on Erikson's theory that 9-year-olds:

• A) should have given up such fantasy play.
• B) enjoy such dress-up play.
• C) fashion their behavior after role models.
• D) need to find their own identity.

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Definitions:

Occurrence

Occurrence denotes an event or a situation that happens or takes place, often used to describe instances of varying significance.

Behavior

The actions or reactions of an individual or system in response to external or internal stimuli.

Reinforcement

In psychology and behaviorism, it’s a consequence applied that strengthens an organism's future behavior whenever that behavior is preceded by a specific antecedent stimulus.

Fixed Interval Schedule

A reinforcement strategy in behavioral psychology where rewards are delivered at consistent, predetermined intervals of time.