Asked by Mikayla Garnand on May 01, 2024
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A woman shows no interest in socializing with other people. How might a behaviorist explain this behavior?
A) The woman does not believe that she can interact effectively with other people.
B) The woman has not been reinforced enough for engaging in social behavior or she has been reinforced for keeping to herself.
C) The woman experiences anxiety in social situations and uses her asocial style as a defense against this anxiety.
D) The woman is either high in social anxiety or low in sociability.
Reinforced
Pertains to a behavior that is strengthened or made more likely to occur in the future because it has been associated with a positive or negative reinforcement.
Asocial Style
Displaying a lack of interest in social interactions or a preference for solitude over engaging with others.
Sociability
The quality of being sociable, or the willingness to engage in social interactions.
- Understand the principle of interactions between behavior and environment, as well as reciprocal determinism, within the framework of social learning theory.
- Understand the internal and external elements that affect behavior according to Bandura's social-cognitive theory.
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Learning Objectives
- Understand the principle of interactions between behavior and environment, as well as reciprocal determinism, within the framework of social learning theory.
- Understand the internal and external elements that affect behavior according to Bandura's social-cognitive theory.
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