Context Is an Important Determinant of Learned Behavior Performance

question 37

Multiple Choice

Context is an important determinant of learned behavior performance

• A)only when the contingency requires the subject to attend to the context.
• B)when the context is more than background cues.
• C)only when the context serves as a discriminative stimulus.
• D)even when it is truly background.

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Definitions:

Primary Content

refers to the main or essential topics, subjects, or matters being addressed or discussed within a specific context or document.

Latent Content

In psychoanalysis, the underlying, unconscious meaning or symbolism of a dream, as opposed to its manifest content, which is the literal storyline of the dream.

Activation-Synthesis Hypothesis

A theory proposing that dreams result from the cerebral cortex’s attempt to make sense of random neural signals generated during REM sleep.

Meaningless

Something that lacks purpose, value, or significance in any given context.