Theories Are Used To

question 24

Multiple Choice

Theories are used to:

• A) Increase the complexity of processes
• B) Decrease the complexity of processes
• C) Help predict and describe the policy process
• D) As a representation of a specific situation
• E) To identify a set of variables and the relationships among them that presumably account for a set of phenomena

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Definitions:

Classical Conditioning

The technique of learning by the repeated conjunction of two stimuli; a reaction that is first elicited by the second stimulus is eventually elicited by just the first stimulus.

Little Albert

An experiment in classical conditioning conducted by John B. Watson and Rosalie Rayner, where a young boy was conditioned to fear a white rat.

Observational Learning

A process of learning that occurs through watching others, retaining the information observed, and later replicating the behaviors that were observed.

Observational Learning

The process of acquiring new behaviors by observing and imitating the actions of others.