Which of the following pairs is correctly matched?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → Learning through exposure to information - Farhan starts valuing water saving after watching a TV programme on drought
Option (1) Learning through modelling - Ravi often falls ill after eating junk food and comes to dislike it — Incorrect. Falling ill after junk food is a punishment Ravi faces himself, so this is <strong>learning by reward and punishment</strong>. Modelling needs watching others being rewarded or punished.
Option (2) Learning through group or cultural norms - Neha starts respecting elders after seeing her parents praised for it — Incorrect. Neha watches her parents being praised for respecting elders. Learning from what happens to others is <strong>modelling</strong>.
Option (3) Learning through exposure to information - Farhan starts valuing water saving after watching a TV programme on drought — Correct. Farhan forms his attitude from what the media show him, without anyone being present. This is <strong>learning through exposure to information</strong>.
Option (4) Learning by reward and punishment - Gita offers flowers at a temple because everyone does it and it is approved — Incorrect. Offering flowers because others do it and it is socially approved follows an unwritten rule of the group. This is <strong>learning through group or cultural norms</strong>.
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