Question

Six-year-old John likes to help his dad fix things around the house. When his dad gets ready to start fixing something, John grabs his toy tools. Sometimes he even picks up a real screwdriver to try and help fix whatever is broken. John's imitation of his dad's behavior can be best explained by:

A. gender schema theory.
B. social learning theory.
C. gender expression.
D. gender detecting.

Answer 1

Answer: John's imitation of his dad's behavior can be best explained by: social learning theory.

Explanation: Social Learning Theory can be defined as a theory of learning process that proposes that new behaviors can be learned by imitation and observation of others. Developed by Alex Bandura. This theory illustrates that Learning involves observation, extraction of information from those observations.