Danny's Mother Is Even Tempered, Fair, and Tactful

question 213

Multiple Choice

Danny's mother is even tempered, fair, and tactful. Seeing this, Danny, too, is growing up to be a polite, good-natured boy. This imitation or modeling of behavior mirrors the concept of _____ in Bandura's social cognitive theory.

• A) operant conditioning
• B) observational learning
• C) salient stimuli
• D) classical conditioning

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Definitions:

Mean

The arithmetic average of a set of values, found by adding them together and dividing by the number of terms.

Normal Distribution

Data points nearest to the mean occur more frequently in this symmetric probability distribution, with diminishing occurrences of data points as they deviate from the mean.

Standard Deviation

A measure of the dispersion or spread of a set of data points relative to their mean.

Mean

The average of a set of numbers, calculated by dividing the sum of the values in the set by their number.