Which of the Following BEST Describes an Attack Where Communications

question 171

Multiple Choice

Which of the following BEST describes an attack where communications between two parties are intercepted and forwarded to each party with neither party being aware of the interception and potential modification to the communications?

• A) Spear phishing
• B) Main-in-the-middle
• C) URL hijacking
• D) Transitive access

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Definitions:

Discriminative Stimulus

Any stimulus, such as a stop sign or a doorknob, that provides the organism with a cue for making a certain response in order to obtain reinforcement.

Watson's Little Albert

An experiment conducted by John B. Watson demonstrating classical conditioning by causing a young boy to develop a phobia of white rats.

UCS

An abbreviation commonly used in psychology that stands for Unconditioned Stimulus, which automatically triggers a response without any prior learning.

Stimulus Generalization

The tendency to respond to a stimulus that is only similar to the original conditioned stimulus with the conditioned response.