You Spend Days Wandering Aimlessly Around a Park with Many

question 344

Multiple Choice

You spend days wandering aimlessly around a park with many different paths that end at different parts of the park. One day when you arrive at the park, you get a call on your cell phone from your cousin whom you haven't seen for years, and she says she is waiting for you in a particular section of the park. Even though the paths are complicated and twisted, you manage to find the shortest route to your cousin. Tolman would explain your efficient passage through the park as an example of __________.

• A) spontaneous recovery
• B) insight
• C) formation of a cognitive map
• D) unconscious trial-and-error imagery

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Definitions:

Absolute Sensory Threshold

Defined as the minimum intensity of a stimulus that is needed for the stimulus to be detected at least 50% of the time.

Stimulus

Any object or event that elicits a sensory or behavioral response in an organism.

Subliminal

Referring to stimuli or messages presented below the threshold of conscious perception, capable of influencing thoughts, feelings, or actions.

Bitter Receptors

Sensory taste receptors located on the tongue that are responsible for detecting bitter substances, playing an essential role in taste perception.