What Can Behavioral Studies of Learning Demonstrate

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Multiple Choice

What can behavioral studies of learning demonstrate?

• A)how the elements of the nervous system change due to associative learning
• B)the conditions under which information is acquired
• C)the features of the reflex arc necessary for learning to occur
• D)All of these

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Definitions:

Sensorimotor Substage

A phase in Piaget's theory of cognitive development, where infants learn through interacting with the world via their senses and actions.

Secondary Circular Reactions

Part of Piaget's theory of cognitive development, these are repetitive actions in infants aged 4-8 months that reflect the infant's discovery of actions and their effects on the environment.

Primary Circular Reactions

Early infantile behaviors, identified in Jean Piaget's theory of cognitive development, characterized by repetitive actions that focus on the infant's own body, usually discovered by chance.

Secondary Circular Reactions

A stage in Piaget's theory of cognitive development where infants repeat an action that has an interesting effect outside of their own body.