As one possible explanation for child abuse, the principle of bidirectionality states that:

A. children's emotions swing rather rapidly between extremes
B. mothers interact with their children in both play and caretaking
C. children's behaviors influence adults' behaviors and vice versa
D. the same caretaker treatment can produce entirely different behavior in different infants

Answer: C

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Which of the following is true concerning Tolman and Honzik's classic study of latent learning?

A) Rats were able to learn without receiving reinforcement. B) Rats learned when receiving punishment but not when receiving reinforcement. C) Rats were not able to learn if reinforcement was withheld for long periods of time. D) Rats learned only when reinforcement was presented immediately following behavior.

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