Which of These Is the Best Example of the Concept

question 24

Multiple Choice

Which of these is the best example of the concept of cultural lag?

• A) a lack of clear law governing the rights of all parties involved in artificial insemination and other forms of reproductive technology
• B) the use of radar to determine and document the speed of drivers on a major highway
• C) an increase in the use of Facebook among people over age 50 to find former high school and college classmates
• D) a lack of electronic versions of older novels, biographies, and other published works

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Definitions:

Conditioned Stimulus

A previously neutral stimulus that, after being associated with an unconditioned stimulus, begins to elicit a conditioned response.

Lock Conditioning

A method of conditioning where the conditioned stimulus locks the response until the unconditioned stimulus is presented, although this term is not traditionally used in psychological literature, it seems to be a misunderstanding or miscreation.

Conditional Discrimination Task

A learning task where subjects learn to make distinctions between stimuli or responses based on conditional cues or contexts.