Which of these scenarios is most in line with the operant conditioning explanation for gender segregation?
A) Colleen has an inherent understanding of male and female roles, so she acts like other
girls she has seen.
B) Sheila repressed her feelings toward boys when she was younger, but now she no longer
feels the need to do so.
C) Ricardo makes fun of the ways that girls at his school behave, so he hangs out with the
boys.
D) Brian is picked on when he joins the girls in their game, so he starts spending more time
with boys.
D
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a. fugue b. conversion c. somatization d. autistic
The ability to perform motor behaviors without consciously thinking about them is called
a. telepathy b. automaticity c. self-efficacy d. ossification