You Are Studying for Your Exam When the Electricity Goes

question 87

Multiple Choice

You are studying for your exam when the electricity goes out.In order to have enough light to read your textbook,you put your cell phone in front of the page and use the light from
The screen to read the book.You are able to successfully study for your exam because
You avoid

• A) restructuring the problem.
• B) functional fixedness.
• C) working backward.
• D) using analogies.

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Definitions:

Stimulus Generalization

The tendency for a conditioned response to be elicited by stimuli that are similar but not identical to the conditioned stimulus.

Manual Transmission

A type of gearbox used in vehicles, allowing the driver to manually select and change gear ratios.

Automatic Transmission

A type of vehicle transmission that automatically changes gear ratios as the vehicle moves, freeing the driver from having to shift gears manually.

Operant Conditioning

A method of learning that occurs through rewards and punishments for behavior, through which an individual makes associations between certain behaviors and their consequences.