Dan and Joel,both 4-Year-Olds,have Seen All the Spiderman Movies

question 17

Multiple Choice

Dan and Joel,both 4-year-olds,have seen all the Spiderman movies.Joel's mother recently found the boys standing on the garage roof,ready to try jumping across to the next roof.What best accounts for the boys' behavior?

• A) instinctive drift
• B) observational learning
• C) immediate reinforcement
• D) classical conditioning

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Definitions:

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

A psychiatric disorder that can occur in people who have experienced or witnessed a traumatic event such as a natural disaster, a serious accident, a terrorist act, war/combat, rape, or other violent personal assault.

Opponent-Process Reaction

A theory suggesting that emotions are regulated by mechanisms that operate in opposing pairs; for example, an increase in happiness leads to a decrease in sadness.

General Adaptation Syndrome

describes the three-stage process (alarm, resistance, exhaustion) that the body undergoes while responding to stress, as identified by Hans Selye.

Nervous Exhaustion Condition

A non-specific medical term used historically to describe mental and physical symptoms of stress, anxiety, or depression.