The key cognitive aspect of social cognitive theory involving deliberate exercise of control over both one's environment and one's life is called
a. human agency.
b. instrumental conditioning.
c. concrete operations.
d. extinction.
Question 2
Cindy watches her big sister, Marsha, get ready for a big date by applying a lot of eye makeup. Cindy decides that the eye makeup would look good on her but decides to wait a while to get ready. When Marsha and Cindy come downstairs, their mother Carol screams at Marsha and tells her to go back upstairs and remove the eye makeup. Later, when Cindy is getting ready to go out, she looks at the makeup on her dresser and decides against putting it on. What concept best explains Cindy's decision?
a. Classical conditioning
b. Defense mechanisms
c. Vicarious reinforcement
d. Regression
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