Each Time Isabella Sits Down to Feed Her Baby a Bottle

question 121

Multiple Choice

Each time Isabella sits down to feed her baby a bottle, she gently strokes the baby's head. One day, Isabella began stroking her daughter's head and noticed that the baby started sucking, even though it was not feeding time. The baby's association between having her head stroked and the presentation of food is an example of ______.

• A) operant conditioning
• B) classical conditioning
• C) reciprocal determinism
• D) social learning

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Definitions:

10th Percentile

The value below which 10% of observations in a data set fall.

Z Distribution

A normal distribution with a mean of zero and a standard deviation of one, also known as a standard normal distribution.

95th Percentile

A value below which 95% of the data points in a data set fall.

Mean

The arithmetic average of a set of values or quantities, calculated by dividing the total of all values by the number of values.