Children in one study observed a model acting aggressively against a Bobo doll. The children were then given an opportunity to imitate the model on their own, followed by an opportunity to demonstrate the aggressive acts for rewards. The study was designed to demonstrate
A. that aggression can be learned through classical conditioning.
B. the distinction between learning and performance.
C. that children will behave aggressively for rewards.
D. that children will not imitate aggressive acts unless they are rewarded.
Question 2A person can learn a behavior without ever performing it. This concept is part of which approach to personality?
A. Skinner's radical behaviorism
B. Bandura's social-cognitive theory
C. Rotter's social learning theory
D. Watson's behaviorism
Question 3Which of the following is advocated by Bandura in his social-cognitive theory?
A. Most behavior is performed in the absence of external reinforcements and punishments.
B. People can be induced through external reinforcements to perform just about any behavior.
C. We can determine how people learn by observing the behavior of rats in controlled laboratory investigations.
D. External forces are almost always more powerful than internal forces in determining behavior.
Question 4Bandura argued there are internal determinants as well as external causes of behavior. Which of the following is not an internal influence?
A. Thoughts
B. Experiences
C. Beliefs
D. Expectancies
Question 5Which of the following is not part of Bandura's reciprocal determinism model?
A. Behavior influences internal factors.
B. Behavior influences external factors.
C. External factors influence internal factors.
D. Reinforcement value influences behavior potential.
Question 6Bandura's concept of reciprocal determinism is different from Skinner's radical behaviorism in that radical behaviorism
A. uses a one way model in which external events cause behavior.
B. maintains that behavior influences external events.
C. includes internal factors in its explanation of behavior.
D. identifies more ways to change behavior.
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