The Notion That Rewarded and Nonrewarded Trials Can Be Associated

question 20

Multiple Choice

The notion that rewarded and nonrewarded trials can be associated together underlies the basic premise of the:

• A) frustration hypothesis
• B) sequential hypothesis
• C) extinction burst hypothesis
• D) discrimination hypothesis

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Definitions:

Stimulus

Any event or situation that evokes a response from an organism.

Observational Learning

A process in which an individual learns new responses by observing the behavior of another (a model) rather than through direct experience; sometimes called vicarious conditioning.

Classical Conditioning

A learning process that occurs when two stimuli are repeatedly paired; a response that is at first elicited by the second stimulus is eventually elicited by the first stimulus alone.

Operant Conditioning

A method of learning that occurs through rewards and punishments for behavior, aiming at the strengthening or weakening of voluntary behaviors.