Question

One-year-old Payton notices that when his dad, Archie, is watching football on television, he shouts at the screen. The next time a football game come on, Payton shouts at the screen. Payton’s behavior best exemplifies:________.
a) a lack of object permanence.
b) operant conditioning.
c) habituation.
d) imitation.

Answer 1

Answer:

d) imitation.

Explanation:

Imitation: In psychology, the term imitation is referred to as the phenomenon that is based on the performance or reproduction of a particular act that is being stimulated via perception or encountering the same act by another person or animal. Generally, in the beginning, the attention of an imitator is being directed towards a particular model that results in a particular response.

In the question above, Payton’s behavior best exemplifies imitation.