If You Usually Listen to the 6 O'clock News While

question 56

Multiple Choice

If you usually listen to the 6 o'clock news while waiting for dinner to be served, you would tend to associate the news with dinner, and eventually the sound of the 6 o'clock news alone might cause your mouth to water even if dinner was not being prepared. This is known as ________.

• A) instrumental conditioning
• B) classical conditioning
• C) conditional learning
• D) behavioral learning
• E) perceptual learning

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Definitions:

Mainstream Media

Traditional forms of mass communication, such as newspapers, television, and radio, that reach a large audience and significantly influence public perception.

Chomsky and Herman

A duo known for developing the Propaganda Model, which critiques media behaviors and ownership in the context of socio-economic power structures.

Media's Patriarchal Nature

The tendency within media representations and structures to prioritize male perspectives and perpetuate male dominance.

Culturally Relative

Refers to the idea that the values, beliefs, and practices of a culture should be understood within the context of that specific culture.