Kirby's Peer Group Always Agrees That Each of Them Should

question 38

Multiple Choice

Kirby's peer group always agrees that each of them should get 10 tries at hitting a pitched ball.When two younger children want to play,the group agrees that the younger kids should each get 20 tries.Kirby's group's behavior indicates

• A) a fear of immanent justice.
• B) preconventional moral thought.
• C) autonomous thinking.
• D) heteronomous thinking.

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Definitions:

Variable-Interval Schedule

A reinforcement schedule in operant conditioning where a behavior is rewarded after an unpredictable amount of time has passed.

Behavioral Responses

Actions or reactions of an organism as a result of external or internal stimuli.

Collective Unconscious

A concept by Carl Jung referring to the part of the unconscious mind that is derived from ancestral memory and experience and is common to all humankind.

Operant Behavior

Behavior that is controlled by its consequences, in the context of operant conditioning, whereby reinforcements or punishments shape behavior patterns.