Barrons AP Psychology 7th edition

(Marvins-Underground-K-12) #1

  1. (B) Bandura showed that people learn by observing and then imitating others, a phenomenon
    known as modeling. Instrumental learning, named by Thorndike, is when people or animals learn
    that their behaviors are instrumental in bringing about specific consequences. The copycat effect is
    a term made up to sound like it fits the behavior described but not, in fact, used to do so. Thanatos
    is the name Freud gave to the supposed death instinct that drives people to commit aggressive and
    destructive acts. Sublimation is a Freudian defense mechanism in which people take the energy
    from impulses they view as unacceptable and redirect them toward more socially acceptable
    pursuits.

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