Matching ​Match Each of the Following Descriptions with the Communication Term

question 53

Multiple Choice

Matching
​Match each of the following descriptions with the communication term that best describes it.
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• A)​Marty wants to text Jean, "I want to give you the job," but his thumbs shift to the left on the last word by accident, so instead he writes, "I want to give you the hiv."
• B)​Marty uses a text message to let Jean know that he wants to give her the job.
• C)​Marty wants to give Jean the job.
• D)​Jean's phone is extremely dirty, so when she receives a text from Marty, she at first cannot read what it says.
• E)In response to Marty's text, Jean texts back, "When you said 'hiv' did you mean 'job?'"
• F)​​Jean receives a text from Marty that says, "I want to give you the hiv." She assumes he meant "job," not "hiv," so she's delighted, because she wanted the job very much.

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Definitions:

Unconditioned Response

An automatic, natural reaction to a stimulus that occurs without any need for prior learning.

Unconditioned Stimulus

An innate trigger that spontaneously and effortlessly evokes a reaction without the need for previous learning.

Conditioned Stimulus

A previously neutral stimulus that, after becoming associated with an unconditioned stimulus, comes to trigger a conditioned response.

Conditioned Stimulus

A formerly neutral signal that, after consistent association with an unconditioned stimulus, triggers a learned response.