Kobe, an 18-year-old, is a freshman in college taking a general psychology class. At the moment, they are learning about operant conditioning. Kobe believes that everything can be boiled down to a reward or punishment situation as outlined in operant conditioning. He doesn't see any gray area where someone would complete a task without some sort of positive reward. Kobe illustrates ______.

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Kobe illustrates dualistic thinking, which is the tendency to see situations in black-and-white terms, such as viewing actions strictly as rewards or punishments without recognizing complexities or gray areas.

Kobe, an 18-Year-Old, Is a Freshman in College Taking a General