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Question 81

An educational psychologist is implementing two different behavioral strategies in a primary school classroom:

  • Strategy X: Students receive a token each time they submit homework on time, which they can later exchange for a small toy.
  • Strategy Y: The teacher publicly praises one student for sitting quietly, with the intention that classmates who observe this will also sit quietly.

Which of the following statements correctly identifies the learning principles underlying these strategies?

A

Strategy X relies on negative reinforcement, while Strategy Y relies on classical conditioning.

B

Strategy X relies on primary reinforcement, while Strategy Y relies on direct operant conditioning.

C

Strategy X relies on secondary reinforcement, while Strategy Y relies on vicarious reinforcement.

D

Strategy X relies on classical conditioning, while Strategy Y relies on identification.

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Approaches in Psychology Questions

  1. A Level
  2. /Psychology
  3. /Approaches in Psychology

248 exam-style questions on AQA A Level Psychology Approaches in Psychology, covering Learning approaches, Cognitive approach, Biological approach, Psychodynamic approach (A-level only), Humanistic Psychology (A-level only), and Comparison of approaches (A-level only). Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.

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