Which of the Following Statements Best Summarizes the Current Status

question 4

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements best summarizes the current status of the activity-passivity debate?

• A) children are passive creatures whose personalities are determined by their experiences
• B) children are "active" in expressing inborn motives, but their personalities are determined by their experiences
• C) children actively determine their own developmental outcomes by virtue of their behavior
• D) children are actively involved in creating the environments that will influence their growth and development

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Definitions:

Bobo Doll

The Bobo Doll experiment is a social psychology study conducted by Albert Bandura that illustrated how children learn aggressive behaviors through imitation of adult models.

Control Group

In experiments, a group of subjects who do not receive the experimental treatment and are used as a benchmark to measure how the other tested subjects do.

Aggressive Tendencies

Patterns of behavior aimed at causing harm or injury to others, fear of harm in others, or assertion toward dominance in a social context.

Modeling

A method used in psychology to learn through the observation and replication of others' behaviors.