Question

abigail watched her big sister play soccer last season and win a trophy for her participation. abigail now wants to play soccer so that she too can win a trophy. her understanding of how her big sister got the trophy is related to a vicarious reinforcement. b latent learning. c vicarious punishment. d classical conditioning.

Explanation:

Vicarious reinforcement occurs when an individual observes a behavior being rewarded in another person and then imitates that behavior. In this case, Abigail saw her sister (another person) get a trophy (a reward) for playing soccer. So, she wants to play soccer (imitate the behavior) to get a trophy (the reward). Latent learning is learning that occurs but is not immediately demonstrated. Vicarious punishment is when seeing a behavior punished leads to less likelihood of imitating that behavior. Classical conditioning is about associating stimuli.

Answer:

A. vicarious reinforcement