Isabel wants the children in her kindergarten to share their toys with each other at greater frequency than they do now, particularly those who are resistant to the idea. What is the best way for Isabel to get this to happen?
a. Tell the children to share, but dont give explanations about why they should do it.
b. Take all the toys away.
c. Tell the children to be kind.
d. Model sharing for the children.
Question 2
Which of the following best illustrates the principle of modeling?
a. Children who observe an adult donating to charity are more likely to donate themselves.
b. Children who observe someone keeping money instead of giving it to charity will still donate their own money.
c. Children who are taught to act helpfully in one situation are not likely to act helpfully in other situations.
d. Children do not imitate the behavior of peers.
Question 3
Which of the following best illustrates the principle of modeling?
a. Children who observe an adult donating to charity are more likely to donate themselves.
b. Children who observe someone keeping money instead of giving it to charity will still donate their own money.
c. Children who are taught to act helpfully in one situation are not likely to act helpfully in other situations.
d. Children do not imitate the behavior of peers.
Question 4
Based on research, which would be most likely to foster the development of altruism over the long term?
a. Rewarding altruistic acts with bubble gum
b. Rewarding altruistic acts with praise
c. Rewarding altruistic acts with marbles
d. None of these
Question 5
Renee observes someone else engaging in an altruistic act and getting rewarded for it. Renee is experiencing what?
a. Vicarious reinforcement
b. Direct reinforcement
c. Negative reinforcement
d. Shaping
Question 6
Research on the brain indicates which of the following?
a. There are no places in the brain that can be linked to emotion.
b. The cerebral cortex alone processes information regarding the suffering of other people.
c. Adults whose ventromedial areas are damaged show no difference in empathy as compared to other adults.
d. All answers are correct.
Question 7
If you believed that altruistic behavior is an indicator of the ability to regulate biological drives, your thinking would be similar to that of
a. Piaget.
b. Freud.
c. Erikson.
d. learning theorists.
Question 8
Preschoolers are more likely to help persons who
a. are familiar to them.
b. have previously helped them.
c. are friends.
d. all of these.