How Does Culture Influence Human Learning

question 91

Multiple Choice

How does culture influence human learning?

• A) It influences the degree to which classical and operant conditioning are used.
• B) It influences the degree to which observational learning is used.
• C) It can determine the content of learning.
• D) All of these.

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Definitions:

Anterograde Amnesia

A condition affecting memory, where after the onset of the amnesia, the affected individual is unable to form new memories, though long-term memories from before the event remain intact.

Repression

A defense mechanism where unpleasant thoughts, memories, or feelings are excluded from conscious awareness.

Freud

Sigmund Freud was an Austrian neurologist and the founder of psychoanalysis, a clinical method for treating psychopathology through dialogue between a patient and a psychoanalyst.

Retroactive Interference

The backward-acting disruptive effect of newer learning on the recall of old information.