Author Question: Cosmo, age three, has always been cooperative about going to bed at night. Then the family takes a ... (Read 37 times)

segrsyd · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

Cosmo, age three, has always been cooperative about going to bed at night. Then the family takes a trip and stays with relatives, where Cosmo 's cousin, Wanda (also age three), has a royal fit at bedtime. Cosmo watches while Wanda's parents read her extra stories and bring her a glass of juice to calm her down. After Cosmo and his family return home, Cosmo begins to throw tantrums at bedtime. Cosmo's change in behavior is best explained by

a. observational learning.
b. classical conditioning.
c. sensorimotor stage thinking.
d. latent learning.

Question 2

Olga goes along with her brother Joe to his gymnastics class and watches closely while he works on the balance beam. One day, Olga's Mom finds her out in the back yard, with a board spread across two big boxes, doing some of the same maneuvers that she has seen Joe do in class. This is an example of

a. observational learning.
b. operant conditioning.
c. passivity.
d. formal operations.