When You First Get into the Swimming Pool, the Water

question 71

Multiple Choice

When you first get into the swimming pool, the water feels rather cool, but after swimming for a while, the water feels fine. A friend asks you how the water is, and you tell her the "water's great." She jumps in and then accuses you of lying because the water is freezing. You really were not lying. It is just that you experienced

• A)sensory gating.
• B)sensory adaptation.
• C)sensory conflict.
• D)selective attention.

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Definitions:

Learning/Performance Distinction

Referring to the observation that learning can take place without actual performance of the learned behavior.

Innate Performance Preference

A natural tendency or predisposition to favor certain behaviors or skills without prior learning or experience.

Latent Learning

Learning that occurs without any obvious reinforcement or immediate demonstration of the learned behavior, which becomes apparent under different conditions.

Vicarious Learning

Learning that occurs by observing the actions, consequences, and behaviors of others rather than through direct experience.