Amita is a student council member of her school who takes her commitment towards environmental preservation very seriously. She organises various plantation drives and also is in charge of the school recycle plant. She gets very upset and sad when she sees people wasting or misusing paper or cutting trees. Her parents are also famous environmentalists who campaigned for a ban of plastics in the hill areas. They always praised and motivated Amrita to continue to be a pro-environment person.
How did Amita learn pro environmental attitude at home?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is option 2: Learning attitudes by being rewarded
From the passage:
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"Her parents... always praised and motivated Amita" – This is an example of being rewarded (positive reinforcement), which is a form of operant conditioning in attitude formation.