Heavy Use of _______ May Thwart the Child's Autonomy and Undermine

question 124

Multiple Choice

Heavy use of _______ may thwart the child's autonomy and undermine his(her) self-confidence and can be construed as _________.

• A) authoritarian parenting; neglectful
• B) psychological control; intruding on the child's sense of self
• C) behavioral control; intruding on the child's sense of self
• D) authoritative parenting; warm and accepting but lacking in autonomy support

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Definitions:

Observational Learning

A learning process in which individuals acquire new behaviors by watching and imitating others, as proposed by Albert Bandura.

Operant Conditioning

A method of learning that occurs through rewards and punishments for behavior, through which an association is made between a behavior and a consequence.

Insight Learning

A type of learning that occurs when an individual suddenly realizes how to solve a problem without trial-and-error, often leading to immediate solution understanding.

Köhler

Refers to Wolfgang Köhler, a German psychologist and one of the founders of Gestalt psychology, which emphasizes the organization of perception and thinking in a "whole" rather than in isolated elements.