If Seligman Is Correct in His Assumption That Learning Mechanisms

question 73

Multiple Choice

If Seligman is correct in his assumption that learning mechanisms evolved to deal with specific problems faced by organisms, then

• A) all learning should take place quickly and forgetting should seldom occur.
• B) not all stimuli or responses would be capable of entering into associations with other stimuli and outcomes.
• C) the laws of learning should be general because all organisms face the same kinds of problems (e.g., finding food, finding mates, protecting themselves from predation, etc.).
• D) the laws of learning should generalize across evolutionarily prepared, unprepared, and contraprepared behaviors.

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