Six-year-old Ana saw her big brother take cookies from the cookie jar without permission.He didn't get caught or scolded.Ana decided she wanted cookies too and copied her brother's behavior.The children's mother has told them to ask before getting cookies,but they took cookies without asking.Based on triarchic reciprocal causality,what three kinds of influences are working together to explain Ana's behavior?

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Triarchic reciprocal causality suggests that behavior is influenced by personal factors, environmental factors, and behavioral factors. In this scenario, Ana's behavior is influenced by her personal decision to copy her brother's behavior, the environmental influence of seeing her brother take cookies without consequences, and the behavioral influence of not following her mother's rule to ask before taking cookies. Therefore, choice C, personal, environmental, and behavioral factors, is the best answer.

Six-Year-Old Ana Saw Her Big Brother Take Cookies from the Cookie