Ravi and Luke Went to See the Play "Out of Sorts

question 77

Multiple Choice

Ravi and Luke went to see the play "Out of Sorts." Luke loved the show while Ravi did not enjoy it as much. When Luke asked Ravi why he didn't like it, Ravi explained that while the show was good, he had seen the same show in New York City and thought it was much better there. Ravi has experienced which perceptual distortion?

• A) selective attention
• B) contrast effect
• C) self-fulfilling prophecy
• D) primacy effect

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Definitions:

Observational Learning

A learning process in which individuals acquire new behaviors by watching and imitating others, as proposed by Albert Bandura.

Operant Conditioning

A method of learning that occurs through rewards and punishments for behavior, through which an association is made between a behavior and a consequence.

Insight Learning

A type of learning that occurs when an individual suddenly realizes how to solve a problem without trial-and-error, often leading to immediate solution understanding.

Köhler

Refers to Wolfgang Köhler, a German psychologist and one of the founders of Gestalt psychology, which emphasizes the organization of perception and thinking in a "whole" rather than in isolated elements.