When Marcos Was Playing Backgammon the Other Day, His Sister

question 43

Multiple Choice

When Marcos was playing backgammon the other day, his sister showed him a new strategy that he could use to win the game.If Marcos uses this new strategy in the future, what would an information-processing theorist suggest that Marcos had done?

• A)increased both his mental software and his mental hardware
• B)increased his mental software
• C)reduced his capacity to discover new adaptive strategies on his own
• D)reduced his mental software

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Definitions:

Immune Response

The body's defense mechanism against foreign substances or pathogens, involving both specific and nonspecific components.

Classical Conditioning

A learning process that occurs when two stimuli are repeatedly paired: a response that is at first elicited only by the second stimulus is eventually elicited by the first stimulus alone.

Conditioned Stimulus

An initially neutral signal that, once paired with an unconditioned stimulus, ultimately leads to eliciting a conditioned response.

Discrimination

Unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people, especially on the grounds of race, age, or sex.