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An attribution is an individual's causal explanation for a success or failure. To what does Karen attribute Claire's success in French?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

After implementing the marble jar procedure, Mr. Fenwick finds some behaviors occurring regularly and decides that he doesn't need to reinforce them as frequently as he has in the past. Which concept from behaviorist theories of learning is Mr. Fenwick applying here?
 
  a. Generalization
  b. Primary reinforcement
  c. Classical conditioning
  d. Intermittent reinforcement


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Reply #1 on: Jun 20, 2018
Answer to Question 1

She attributes Claire's success to the fact that her parents are French. In other words, Karen thinks Claire has an inherited ability to succeed in learning the language. Thus, she is attributing Claire's success to an internal, stable, and uncontrollable cause.

Answer to Question 2

d.


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