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Title: Katya tends to follow her older sisters around and imitate their behaviors. She often gets a lot of ...
Post by: evelyn o bentley on Jun 21, 2018

Katya tends to follow her older sisters around and imitate their behaviors. She often gets a lot of attention for doing so. Encouraged by this, she tends to imitate any new behavior (like learning dance moves, or playing a new game) that her sisters display, even if nobody notices her. Katya's behavior illustrates _____.
 
  A) shaped imitation
  B) mimicry
  C) behavioral contagion
  D) generalized imitation

Question 2

The tendency to imitate a new modeled behavior when there is no specific reinforcement for doing so is called _____.
 
  A) true imitation
  B) generalized imitation
  C) shaped imitation
  D) stimulus enhancement

Title: Katya tends to follow her older sisters around and imitate their behaviors. She often gets a lot of ...
Post by: tennis14576 on Jun 21, 2018

Answer to Question 1

D

Answer to Question 2

B