1. The strategies that Mr. Corbet uses to teach his students appropriate school behavior are most consistent with which two theories/theorists that we have learned about so far this semester? Justify your response.
Behaviorism and Social Cognitivism. I'd say this because Mr. Corbet uses cueing and reinforcing to shape the children into good behavior. He also sets the children up in groups and lets them learn from one another.
2. Describe one incident in the case study that represents vicarious reinforcement. Explain your reasoning.
I would say when the students went to line up. Mindy sees that Mr. Corbet likes it when students walk to the door and not runs, so she makes sure to walk to the door.
3. Describe one incident in the case study that represents vicarious punishment. Explain your reasoning.
When Johnathan got in trouble for pointing fingers, Mindy had to be careful not to point fingers at the girl who pushed her friend on the playground so she wouldn't get into trouble.
4. Do you think Mindy has low or high self-efficacy with regard to appropriate kindergarten behavior? Justify your response with examples from the case.
She has high self-efficacy with regard to appropriate kindgergarten behavior because she is seeing how to behave in class and outside, and tries hard to remember what to do. Even when she doesn't know about some behaviors not to do, she knows that when the whistle is blown it's not a good thing.
