Sheila believes that she is in control of her own behaviors and that she can manipulate her environment to achieve what she wants to achieve. Social learning theorists would say that Sheila has a high sense of

Your roommate's sister-in-law is pregnant and is trying to do all that she can to protect her fetus and to make sure that her fetus develops well

She does not like to have any loud music on and even does not talk very loudly for fear that her fetus will be harmed. What would you tell her? a. That her fetus will not be adversely affected and that studies have discovered that fetus's actually prefer their mothers' voices. So, she should talk as much as she likes. b. That she is correct, loud music is readily transmitted through the amniotic fluid and will cause damage to the fetus's cochlea. c. That she should play Mozart really loudly. Fetuses who listen to Mozart are more intelligent than those who do not listen to Mozart. d. Research has shown that fetuses' love country music.

The fundamental purpose of a theory is to ________

A) provide practical applications for observed data B) generate statistical analyses for further exploration C) explain some particular group of events or processes D) unify all the known factors that contribute to human behavior E) produce evidence in support of a hypothesis