PSYCHOLOGY OF EMOTIONS

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THE PSYCHOLOGY OF EMOTIONS

STATES OF CONSCIOUSNESS

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A three-year-old boy observes his father yelling at his mother every time she says something the father doesn’t like. Based on principles of observational learning, in the future whenever the mother says something to the boy that the he does not like, the boy is most likely to do which of the following?
A
yell at his mother
B
yell at his sister
C
go and tell his father what his mother said
D
yell at his father
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -For example, think about how a child may watch adults waving at one another and then imitates these actions later on. A tremendous amount of learning happens through this process. In psychology, this is referred to as observational learning.

Detailed explanation-2: -Observational learning extends the effective range of both classical and operant conditioning. In contrast to classical and operant conditioning, in which learning occurs only through direct experience, observational learning is the process of watching others and then imitating what they do.

Detailed explanation-3: -A person is caught stealing and is taken to jail. Those who saw the person steal and receive punishment learn vicariously that stealing brings a negative consequence.

Detailed explanation-4: -From Bandura’s research on observational learning in children we can conclude that whether a child performs an aggressive act depends on the amount of social encouragement the child has received to be aggressive.

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