Question 1

Address the issue of peer pressure and Bandura's aggressive modeling.Many gangs model aggressive behaviors for new gang members to emulate.If you were a social agent in charge of helping young children avoid gang involvement,what sort of preventative program would you institute in your local neighborhood where children tend to join these gangs?

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A program may include primary prevention...

Question 2

In Albert Bandura's approach to psychology,

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A)   learning can occur without direct reinforcement.
B)   animals are studied in interaction.
C)   internal variables are ignored.
D)   learning is based on inborn reflex behaviors.

Question 3

Bandura's work on ______________ has been criticized for exploiting people,manipulating and controlling them against their will.

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A)   behavior modification.
B)   vicarious reinforcement.
C)   self-efficacy.
D)   self-reinforcement.

Question 4

Self-efficacy has been shown to influence

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A)   academic performance.
B)   mate selection.
C)   gender preference.
D)   political party preference.

Question 5

Bandura believed that only positive behaviors such as strength,courage,and optimism will be reinforced when children learn this behavior from parents or other models.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Incentive and motivational processes

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A)   affect performance of an observed behavior but not attentional or retention processes.
B)   affect attentional and retention processes but not performance.
C)   influence attentional and retention processes as well as performance of the desired behavior.
D)   are unnecessary for modeling but can facilitate it.

Question 7

Bandura does not attempt to deal with

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A)   underlying unconscious conflicts.
B)   behaviors or symptoms.
C)   modifying or changing learned behaviors.
D)   fears or phobias

Question 8

Research on self-efficacy shows that it is

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A)   partly a function of gender and age.
B)   innate.
C)   higher in women than men.
D)   greatest in early childhood.

Question 9

All of the following are ways Albert Bandura differs from Skinner except

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A)   the study of human subjects in interaction with others.
B)   the study of observational learning.
C)   learning as a function of reinforcement.
D)   learning without directly experiencing reinforcement.

Question 10

Bandura pointed out that operant conditioning is

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A)   an inefficient way to learn certain skills.
B)   less important in human behavior than respondent conditioning.
C)   usually ineffective.
D)   a way of learning by observing others.

Question 11

Bandura was an outspoken critic against violence and modeled aggressive behavior,especially with children.If you were the program executive in charge of analyzing Bandura's data on modeled aggression,how would you convince a meeting of top level executives to eliminate violent programming at your television network during the late afternoon and early evening (when children are more likely to be watching)? What is a five-step program you would suggest to improve the late-afternoon programming without using aggressive modeling?

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1.I would show the executives the aggres...

Question 12

A distinctive feature of Bandura's theory is vicarious reinforcement which involves observing the behavior of other people.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Bandura says much of our behavior is regulated by

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A)   pangs of conscience.
B)   guilt produced by the superego.
C)   imitation.
D)   self-reinforcement.

Question 14

The modeling approach to behavior modification

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A)   is effective only with overt behavior.
B)   can improve self-efficacy.
C)   can modify fear but not self-efficacy.
D)   is used with psychotherapy to induce changes in feelings and attitudes.

Question 15

According to Bandura,we retain information about a model's behavior in two ways: through the imaginal internal representational system or through the verbal system.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Modeling is observing the behavior of a model and repeating the behavior ourselves.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Triadic reciprocality is the interaction of behavior,environment,and

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A)   self-actualization.
B)   genetics.
C)   cognitive factors.
D)   self-efficacy.

Question 18

The fundamental feature of Bandura's theory is his

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A)   focus on human subjects.
B)   idea of learning by observation or example.
C)   emphasis on unconscious influencing variables.
D)   denial of the importance of reinforcement.

Question 19

Bandura points out that reinforcement

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A)   is necessary to change behavior.
B)   is negated by internal representational systems.
C)   works only when positive, not negative.
D)   does not automatically change behavior.

Question 20

_________ can involve what a person looks at or perceives when they observe others.

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A)   Modeling
B)   Examination
C)   Monitoring
D)   Coping

Exam 13: Albert Bandura: Modeling Theory

Bandura pointed out that operant conditioning is

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Bandura points out that reinforcement

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Bandura's work on ______________ has been criticized for exploiting people,manipulating and controlling them against their will.

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Bandura believed that only positive behaviors such as strength,courage,and optimism will be reinforced when children learn this behavior from parents or other models.

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Research on self-efficacy shows that it is

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Bandura does not attempt to deal with

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Bandura says much of our behavior is regulated by

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Incentive and motivational processes

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The modeling approach to behavior modification

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Self-efficacy has been shown to influence

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According to Bandura,we retain information about a model's behavior in two ways: through the imaginal internal representational system or through the verbal system.

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The fundamental feature of Bandura's theory is his

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Modeling is observing the behavior of a model and repeating the behavior ourselves.

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In Albert Bandura's approach to psychology,

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Triadic reciprocality is the interaction of behavior,environment,and

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A distinctive feature of Bandura's theory is vicarious reinforcement which involves observing the behavior of other people.

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Bandura points out that reinforcement

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Research on self-efficacy shows that it is

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Incentive and motivational processes

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