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in the text, the author describes an experiment in which a group of children were told a hypothetical story in which an adult punished a neutral act, such as a child practicing a musical instrument. Afterward, the children classified the act of playing a musical instrument as bad behavior.
This experiment lends credence to the power of:
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d.
modeling.
reinforcement.
the “blank slate.”
cognitive dissonance.
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