When Don watches his brother practice the piano, he sees how proud his mother is and how she compliments him for his hard work. This encourages Don to practice his trumpet. According to social learning theory, this is an example of which of the following?

a. Vicarious reinforcement
b. Negative reinforcement
c. Positive reinforcement
d. Punishment

a

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Regarding the Stanford Prison study, which of the following statements is FALSE?

a. Philip Zimbardo conducted the Stanford Prison study in which he paid normal healthy male college students to serve as "inmates" and "guards" in a simulated prison. b. The students were selected to play the roles of "prisoners" and "guards" based on personality profiles. c. The ascribed social roles of "prisoner" and "guard" were so powerful that in just a few days the experiment became "reality" for those involved. d. After six days, the experiment had to be halted.

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