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Alex Is Facing His First Semester in College

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Alex is facing his first semester in college. He has plans for how to spend his time studying and has joined clubs to make friends. Alex is engaged in __________ coping.


Definitions:

Generalization

is the process of applying the response to one stimulus to other similar stimuli, common in both learning theory and everyday life.

Latent Learning

Learning that occurs without any obvious reinforcement and is not demonstrated until an incentive is provided.

Tolman

A psychologist known for his work on cognitive maps and latent learning in rats, suggesting that behavior is more goal-oriented than mechanistic.

Skinner

An American psychologist and behaviorist known for his development of the theory of operant conditioning.

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