When a Parent Suddenly Turns Toward the Baby Crying in the Other

question 180

Multiple Choice

When a parent suddenly turns toward the baby crying in the other room while talking through the telephone, ____ has occurred.

• A) sensory reduction
• B) habituation
• C) the orienting reflex
• D) classical conditioning

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Definitions:

Animal Type Phobia

A type of specific phobia involving an intense, irrational fear of certain animals.

Observational Learning

A learning process through which behaviors are acquired by watching and imitating others.

Classical Conditioning

Form of learning in which a neutral stimulus becomes associated with a stimulus that naturally elicits a response, thereby making the neutral stimulus itself sufficient to elicit the same response.

Operant Conditioning

A learning process through which the strength of a behavior is modified by reinforcement or punishment.