Below Are Four Situations in Which a Behavior Is Being

question 36

Multiple Choice

Below are four situations in which a behavior is being imitated. Only one of them can be explained from an instrumental conditioning perspective. Which one?

• A) Ann sees all the attention her older sister gets for playing varsity basketball. She is too short to make the varsity basketball team, so she works hard to gain a spot on the varsity softball team.
• B) A few days after watching a gourmet chef make chocolate mousse on television, Bill tries making mousse in his own kitchen.
• C) Carlos throws a football the way he saw a well-known football quarterback do it on television.
• D) Immediately after she watches her teacher demonstrate how to use a microscope, Debbie uses it correctly and is praised by her teacher for doing so.

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