The McDougals Use Harsh Discipline on Their Children and Demand

question 267

Multiple Choice

The McDougals use harsh discipline on their children and demand unquestioning obedience.Psychologists are likely to characterize the McDougals as ________ parents.

• A) authoritarian
• B) egocentric
• C) permissive
• D) authoritative

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Definitions:

Cognitive Mapping

The mental process by which individuals acquire, code, store, recall, and decode information about their spatial environment.

Vicarious Learning

The process of learning through observing the actions and consequences of others' behavior, rather than through direct experience.

Latent Learning

Acquisition of knowledge that happens without apparent rewards or reinforcements for the behaviors or associations being learned.

Operant Conditioning

A technique in teaching that relies on the application of rewards and disciplining to influence behavior.