Evidence That People Understand the Association Principle Is Demonstrated in All

question 13

Multiple Choice

Evidence that people understand the association principle is demonstrated in all of the following examples EXCEPT:

• A) People tend to take steps to associate themselves with sports teams after team victories.
• B) People are more willing to transmit good news than bad news.
• C) People tend to assign more positive characteristics to attractive people.
• D) Parents discourage their children from befriending other children with bad reputations.

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Definitions:

Operant Conditioning

A learning process through which the strength of a behavior is modified by reinforcement or punishment.

Enhance Existing Organization

A cognitive process that involves integrating new information into already existing frameworks or structures of knowledge.

Garcia And Garcia y Robertson

Refers to John Garcia and his research, often with collaborators, on conditioned taste aversions, illustrating how some associations are easier to learn due to evolutionary predispositions.

Learning

The process of acquiring new understanding, knowledge, behaviors, skills, values, attitudes, or preferences through experience, study, or teaching.