When We First Come into Contact with Others, We Categorize

question 24

True/False

When we first come into contact with others, we categorize them as belonging to an in-group or an out-group.

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Definitions:

Conditioned Response

A learned response to a previously neutral stimulus that has become conditioned through association with an unconditioned stimulus.

Conditioned Stimulus

An originally neutral stimulus that, after association with an unconditioned stimulus, comes to trigger a conditioned response.

Unconditioned Response

An unconditioned response is an automatic, natural reaction to a stimulus, which does not require prior learning to occur.

Ivan Pavlov

A Russian physiologist known for his work on classical conditioning, demonstrating how organisms learn through association.