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What should be changed to make the following sentence true? In social learning theory, BF Skinner identified the reason people observe and copy people's behavior.

a) Replace "social learning theory" with "behaviorism"
b) Replace "BF Skinner" with "Albert Bandura"
c) Replace "observe and copy" with "imitate and model"
d) The sentence is already true.

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The sentence should be corrected by replacing 'BF Skinner' with 'Albert Bandura' to accurately reflect that it was Bandura, not Skinner, who identified observational learning as a key element of social learning theory.

Step-by-step explanation:

To correct the sentence and make it true, you should choose option b) Replace "BF Skinner" with "Albert Bandura". It is Albert Bandura who is associated with social learning theory, a theoretical framework that emphasizes the importance of observational learning, where individuals can learn by watching others and then emulating their behavior.

In contrast, B.F. Skinner is better known for his work on behaviorism and operant conditioning, which is a different approach that focuses on the reinforcement or punishment of behavior.

In social learning theory, Bandura introduced concepts such as attention, retention, reproduction, and motivation as steps in the modeling process of observational learning. Unlike Skinner's behaviorism which suggested behavior is shaped by external reinforcement, Bandura's theory included internal cognitive processes and the idea of reciprocal determinism, which posits a mutual influence between people's behavior, personal factors (like cognitive skills), and environmental factors.

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