18-month old Jamie sees his mother eat kale, while he enjoys…
18-month old Jamie sees his mother eat kale, while he enjoys graham crackers. Jamie’s mother expresses how much she loves kale. When presented with the opportunity to give his mother either some of his graham crackers or some of the kale she likes, which will Jamie give his mother, and why?
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A store clerk witnesses the following exchange that she has seen numerous times between a parent and child who are regular customers. A child asks for a toy. The parent refuses to get it. The child throws a temper tantrum. The parent puts the toy in the shopping basket. The child stops crying. The store clerk thinks, “Behavior is controlled by its consequences,” and is referring to ________.
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A talk show host likes to interview guests who thought their course in life was set and determined by challenges they experienced as children and teens, but who later encountered situations and opportunities that transformed their lives into something they could not have envisioned earlier in life. This talk show host’s approach is aligned with Baltes’ key principle of lifespan development that ________.
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