Various Confounding Factors Can Lead to Misinterpretation of Eye Contact

question 99

Multiple Choice

Various confounding factors can lead to misinterpretation of eye contact between individuals. This may cause such nonverbal communication to become a form of ____ in interpersonal communication.

• A) encoding
• B) mutual gaze
• C) noise
• D) signal

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Definitions:

Unconditioned Response

In classical conditioning, the automatic and natural reaction elicited by the unconditioned stimulus.

Neutral Stimulus

A neutral stimulus is a stimulus that initially produces no specific response other than focusing attention, until it is paired with an unconditioned stimulus.

Unconditioned Stimulus

In classical conditioning, an unconditioned stimulus is anything that naturally and automatically triggers a response without any learning needed.

Stimulus Discrimination

The tendency to respond differently to two or more similar stimuli; in classical conditioning, it occurs when a stimulus similar to the CS fails to evoke the CR.