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asmith134 · **on:** Jun 20, 2018

A problem with trying to explain modeling solely from a strictly behaviorist perspective is that:

a. Events that are reinforcing for some people are not reinforcing for others.
b. People sometimes don't imitate a behavior until many days after observing it.
c. Vicariously punished behaviors usually increase, rather than decrease, in frequency.
d. Not all behaviors are imitated.

Question 2

A guest speaker is coming to Mr. Fisk's third-grade classroom, and he wants his students to treat the speaker with courtesy and respect. He decides to give his students 15 minutes of free time if they show appropriate behavior during the guest's visit. From the perspective of social cognitive theory, Mr. Fisk's reinforcement is likely to work only if his students:

a. Also experience intrinsic reinforcement for good behavior
b. Expect that this consequence will follow their good behavior
c. Have previously been directly reinforced for such behavior
d. Have previously been vicariously reinforced for such behavior