D. Women were not allowed to work in the theater, so all the performers were men.
Explanation:
This is something that is a heritage on Ancient Greek theater. Up until 1660 it was totally forbidden for women to participate in plays. Quite often, the roles of women were played by young men, so they could at least make it look like a women is presented as a character. This is interestingly also a theme of a famous movie <em>"Shakespeare in love."</em>
As per the given description of Marc's behavior and his mother's attitude to amend his habits exemplify that his mother is employing 'shaping' as it would establish his behavior which was previously not performed. This concept was first defined by B.F. Skinner who was a leading psychologist advocating 'behaviorism'. 'Shaping' is quite commonly employed by teachers and mothers to inculcate or <em>reinforce certain behavior in kids that would help them to perform better and reach nearer to their targets.</em> Similarly, Marc's mother is reinforcing 'successive approximations' to instill a behavioral change in him and attain the desired goal(when Marc begins to do his homework regularly). Thus, <u>option A</u> is the correct answer.
The word used for such statements as described here is sensationalist.
Explanation:
Sensationalist statements are those that are designed to gauge reactions out of people and not necessarily raise the level of, or contribute onto any meaningful discussion in any way.
The statement has no semblance of facts to back it up and is often very exaggerated form of a truth that has been convoluted beyond its sense so it serves only to rile people up and not to make them discuss things.
It is often used in rhetoric to drive the points away from discussion and make speeches out of debates.
