Measuring Behavior Usually Involves

question 25

Multiple Choice

Measuring behavior usually involves:

• A)what the respondents did or did not do
• B)where the action takes place
• C)the timing of action
• D)the frequency or persistence of behavior
• E)all of the above

---

Definitions:

Unconditioned Stimulus

An unconditioned stimulus is a stimulus that naturally triggers a response without the need for prior learning.

Conditioned Stimulus

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

Meat Powder

In classical conditioning research, a substance used by Ivan Pavlov that triggered salivation in dogs as an unconditioned stimulus.

Classical Conditioning

An educational procedure involving the repeated pairing of two stimuli, resulting in a reaction initially caused by the second stimulus being provoked by only the first stimulus over time.