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Albert Bandura’s work evidenced that children who witnessed aggressive behavior on the part of adults would be likely to imitate the aggressive behavior later on. This phenomenon is known as
(A) instrumental learning.
(B) modeling.
(C) the copycat effect.
(D) thanatos.
(E) sublimation.
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Answer
(B) modeling.
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Explanation
Bandura showed that people learn by observing and then imitating others, a phenomenon known as modeling. Instrumental learning, named by Thorndike, is when people or animals learn that their behaviors are instrumental in bringing about specific consequences. The copycat effect is a term made up to sound like it fits the behavior described but not, in fact, used to do so. Thanatos is the name Freud gave to the supposed death instinct that drives people to commit aggressive and destructive acts. Sublimation is a Freudian defense mechanism in which people take the energy from impulses they view as unacceptable and redirect them toward more socially acceptable pursuits.
Posted : 07/05/2024 4:24 pm