Bethany Grows Up in a Home Where Her Mother Is

Multiple Choice

Bethany grows up in a home where her mother is unloving toward Bethany's father. She hears her mother insult her father, and she notices that her father rarely protests being treated this way. Based on the work of Bandura, what might we predict about Bethany's future relationships?

A) She will treat men well, because she knows how much her father was hurt by her mother.
B) She may treat men with disrespect, as she is apt to repeat her mother's behavior.
C) She is likely to spend her life alone because her parents taught her that relationships are unhappy.
D) She is unlikely to remember how her mother treated her father and will be unaffected by it.