Which of the Following Scenarios Illustrates the Functioning of Procedural

question 95

Multiple Choice

Which of the following scenarios illustrates the functioning of procedural memory?

• A) Timothy looks through his high school yearbook and could recollect the names of a few people.
• B) Sadie flips through old family photo albums and feels nostalgic about her childhood.
• C) Karla enters a swimming pool after decades and realizes she still remembers how to swim.
• D) Colin memorizes the names of the continents.

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Definitions:

Conditioned Response

A learned reaction to a previously neutral stimulus that has become associated with an unconditioned stimulus after conditioning.

Conditioned Stimulus

An initially neutral trigger that, following its association with an unconditioned stimulus, ultimately elicits a conditioned reaction.

Unconditioned Stimulus

In behavioral psychology, an automatically triggering stimulus that leads to a natural response without the need for prior learning.

Spontaneous Recovery

A phenomenon in learning where a previously extinguished response re-emerges after a pause in exposure to the conditioning stimulus.