Question

Tina is a 7-year-old girl who frequently witnesses her father's anger and physical abuse of her mother. later, when she's in her room playing with her stuffed animals, she begins to yell at them and hit them for "being so stupid and not having dinner ready." her behavior is a clear example of:

Answer 1

Her behavior is a clear example of observational learning

observational learning refers to a method of acquiring a certain knowledge/behavior that being done by observing the action/behaviors of other people. Until the children develop the ability to develop a concept (around age 12), most of their learning would be conducted through observational learning