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Question 20

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?

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

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

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

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

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Practise AQA A Level Psychology Learning approaches with exam-style questions for A Level Psychology. 84 questions, matched to the AQA A Level Psychology (7182) specification and written in Paper 1, Paper 2 and Paper 3 style. Every question includes a full worked solution and mark scheme, so you can see where marks are awarded rather than just whether you got the answer right.

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