If You Were to Explain a Particular Behavior as Being

question 139

Multiple Choice

If you were to explain a particular behavior as being learned according to Vygotsky's social-cognitive learning theory, you would most likely emphasize which of the following in your explanation of that behavior?

• A) how children learn from other people
• B) how reinforcement shapes behavior
• C) how punishment shapes behavior
• D) how toilet training affects later personality development

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