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nautica902 · **on:** Jun 20, 2018

Tammy has trouble getting dates, so she begins to observe how other students attract boys. The four girls below have all had a date within the last week. Without knowing anything about Tammy, but using criteria proposed by social cognitive theorists, choose the girl whom Tammy is most likely to model.

a. Amanda has a steady boyfriend, but most of her classmates don't like her.
b. Belinda has never had a date.
c. Clara enjoys playing traditionally masculine sports such as football and ice hockey with the boys.
d. Dorinda is popular and feminine.

Question 2

Three of the following ideas are integral parts of social cognitive theory. Which one is not?

a. Learning can occur without a change in behavior.
b. People have control over their actions
c. Reinforcement can have an effect not only on the person being reinforced but on other individuals as well.
d. People's behaviors are always the direct results of the specific environments in which they live.