Which Is the Best Example of Vicarious Conditioning

question 108

Multiple Choice

Which is the best example of vicarious conditioning?

• A) After watching her friend, a smoker, die of cancer, Laura quits smoking.
• B) A chimpanzee stacks boxes and climbs them to reach a piece of fruit.
• C) Children act aggressively after watching a video of an aggressive adult.
• D) You remember the layout of Disney World, even though you haven't been there in five years.

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Definitions:

Direct Perception

The theory that suggests sensory information is inherently meaningful and that objects in the environment afford opportunities for action without the need for cognitive processing.

Affordances

The opportunities or possibilities for action provided by objects and environments to an organism.

Agnosia

A neurological disorder marked by the inability to recognize objects, persons, sounds, shapes, or smells while the specific sense is not defective nor is there any significant memory loss.

Distal Stimulus

Objects or events in the external world that provide the physical energy that is then converted by the sensory organs into neural energy, leading to perception.