Self-study
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Summary
A parent has tried to get a young child to brush their teeth. The parent hoped that the child would imitate them or that the child could be persuaded to do so, but both of these attempts failed to get the child to brush their teeth. Then, the parent started brushing the child’s teeth immediately before reading the child a nighttime story. After several weeks, whenever the parent picked up a storybook the child began to automatically brush their teeth on their own.
Strongly Supported Conclusions
Young children adopt a behavior through habit and repetition.
5.
The parent's experience with the █████ ████ ███████ ████████ ██ █████ ███ ██ ███ █████████ ████████████████
a
Children are most ███████████ ██████ ██ ██ █████████ ██ █████████ ███████ ██ ████████
We don’t know whether children are most effectively taught through example. In the stimulus, the parent attempted to set an example for the child and the example was ineffective in teaching the child to brush their teeth.
b
Children more readily █████ █ ████████ ███████ █████ ███ ██████████ ████ ███████ █████ ██████
In the stimulus, the child learned to brush their teeth through habit and repetition as opposed to persuasion and an example set by their parent.
c
Children are too █████ ██ ██████████ ████████ █████████ ███ ████████ █ █████████
We don’t know whether children do not understand arguments for rationale behavior. In the stimulus the parent states that persuasion did not work, but this could be for reasons other than the child’s lack of understanding.
d
Children often imitate ███ ████████ ██ ██████ ██████ ████ █████████ ██ ███████
We don’t know whether children often imitate the behavior of others. In the stimulus, the parent attempted to teach a child to brush their teeth by setting an example and the child failed to adopt the behavior.
e
Children ordinarily act ████████ ██ █████ ████████ ████████████ ██ █████ ██ ███ ████ ██████████
We don’t know whether children act a certain way in order to get more attention. In the stimulus the child did act contrary to the parent’s expectations, but this could be for reasons other than the child seeking more attention.