Which of the Following Theories Provides the Safest Strategies for Teaching

question 95

Multiple Choice

Which of the following theories provides the safest strategies for teaching a child to cross a busy street?

• A)Operant conditioning
• B)Observational learning
• C)Classical conditioning
• D)Stimulus-organism-response (S-O-R)

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Definitions:

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.

Stimulus Generalization

The tendency for the conditioned stimulus to evoke similar responses after the response has been conditioned.

Conditioned Responding

A learning process in which an individual develops a response to a previously neutral stimulus by associating it with another stimulus that already elicits a response.