CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

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GROWTH DEVELOPMENT CHILD

COGNITIVE THEORIES

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
A guest speaker is coming to your classroom, and you want your students to treat her with courtesy and respect. You decide to give your students 15 minutes of free time if they show appropriate behavior during the guest’s visit. From the perspective of social cognitive theory, your reinforcement is likely to work only if your students:
A
have previously been directly reinforced for such behavior
B
expect that this consequence will follow their good behavior
C
also experience intrinsic reinforcement for good behavior
D
have previously been vicariously reinforced for such behavior
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Should students ever be allowed to fail at classroom tasks? According to social cognitive theorists, the answer is: Yes. Occasional failures interspersed among frequent successes teach students that perseverance pays off.

Detailed explanation-2: -In social cognitive theory (SCT; Bandura, 1982), behavior is held to be determined by four factors: goals, outcome expectancies, self-efficacy, and sociostructural variables.

Detailed explanation-3: -Self-efficacy refers to how you feel about your ability to succeed in different situations, while self-esteem refers to your respect for your own value and worth.

Detailed explanation-4: -From the perspective of social cognitive theory, it is essential that we follow through with consequences that we have said will follow certain behaviors. Why is such follow-through important? When expected reinforcement doesn’t occur, students feel punished.

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