CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

GROWTH DEVELOPMENT CHILD

OPERANT CONDITIONING

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Nathan, a teenager, learns how to change the tires of his bike by watching his father do it. This is an example of ____
A
social learning
B
operant conditioning
C
classicalconditioning
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Observational Learning Examples for Children An infant learns to make and understand facial expressions. A child learns to chew. After witnessing an older sibling being punished for taking a cookie without asking, the younger child does not take cookies without permission. A child learns to walk.

Detailed explanation-2: -Answer and Explanation: The correct answer is C. When a dog plays dead she gets a treat in order to encourage her to repeat the behavior. The dog has learned that she will get a treat, positive reinforcement, for playing dead in this example.

Detailed explanation-3: -Observational learning is a major component of Bandura’s social learning theory. He also emphasized that four conditions were necessary in any form of observing and modeling behavior: attention, retention, reproduction, and motivation.

Detailed explanation-4: -In psychology, latent learning refers to knowledge that only becomes clear when a person has an incentive to display it. For example, a child might learn how to complete a math problem in class, but this learning is not immediately apparent.

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