In a study on observational learning, three groups of nursery children were
shown three different video clips. The first showed an adult person
punching a blowup clown and being rewarded, the second showed a
person punching a blowup clown and being punished, and the last showed
a person punching a blowup clown with no rewards or punishment. When
left alone with blowup clown later on, the children who had watched the
version in which the person received punishment were much less likely to
punch the clown compared to children in other groups. According to this
passage, which of the following is most accurate?
Choose 1 answer:
A Even if the stimulus (clown) was not there right after the videos,
the children would be likely to act on what they learned in the
videos (punching).
B The children mostly likely acquired the behavior because they
were observing an adult.
C The consequences of what happened to the person after the
punching behavior played a role in the learning of the children.
D The children acquired the negative punching behavior after
observing and learning from the person in the videos.
