When She Was Young, Nadia's Father Would Always Travel in a Straight

question 116

Multiple Choice

When she was young, Nadia's father would always travel in a straight line through a forest if they became lost. Since she was always with her father when hiking, she never had to think much about this tactic. Many years later, while hiking alone, she did become lost but was able to escape the forest using her father's technique. This demonstrates

• A)a cognitive map.
• B)avoidance conditioning.
• C)insight.
• D)latent learning.

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Median

The middle value in a data set when the values are arranged in ascending or descending order, or the average of two middle numbers if the dataset has an even number of observations.

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