The Study by Langlois and Colleagues Discussed in the Text

question 18

Multiple Choice

The study by Langlois and colleagues discussed in the text in which infants interacted with a woman wearing either an attractive face mask or an unattractive face mask demonstrated that infants

• A)cannot perceive differences between attractive and unattractive faces.
• B)were more positive and played more with the woman when she was attractive than when she was unattractive.
• C)don't care whether people are attractive or unattractive; they derive the same amount of pleasure from playing with an attractive or an unattractive person.
• D)were calmer and more attentive when interacting with the woman when she was unattractive than when she was attractive.

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Definitions:

Long-delay Learning

A learning process where there is a significant time gap between the stimulus and the response or reinforcement, making the learning task more difficult.

Pavlovian Preconditioning

A process in classical conditioning where a neutral stimulus is presented just before a conditioned stimulus, often enhancing the learning of the conditioned response.

Sick

Sick refers to a state of not being healthy, experiencing illness, disease, or discomfort, affecting an organism's normal functioning.

Ritualistic Behaviors

Repetitive actions often performed with a symbolic meaning or to fulfill a psychological or cultural need.