In the Statement, "The Highway Is Very Busy at 5

question 115

Multiple Choice

In the statement, "The highway is very busy at 5 p.m. and is scary to drive on, so I'll wait until 7 p.m. to go home," the phrase, "The highway is very busy," represents which component of an attitude?

• A) behavioral
• B) cognitive
• C) affective
• D) emotive

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Definitions:

Conditioned Stimulus

A previously neutral stimulus that, after becoming associated with the unconditioned stimulus, eventually comes to trigger a conditioned response.

Conditioned Response

A learned response to a previously neutral stimulus after it has been repeatedly associated with an unconditioned stimulus.

Classical Conditioning

A training technique in which two stimuli are paired repeatedly; the response initially caused by the second stimulus becomes triggered by the first stimulus after some time.

Conditioned Response

A learned response to a previously neutral stimulus after it has been repeatedly paired with an unconditioned stimulus.