You Are Sitting on a Park Bench in a Major

question 154

Multiple Choice

You are sitting on a park bench in a major metropolitan area from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. and you note the number of people who walk by, whether or not they litter, and their gender. You are engaging in

• A) casual observation.
• B) naturalistic observation.
• C) case study research.
• D) experimental research.

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Definitions:

Operant Conditioning

A method of learning that employs rewards and punishments for behavior, encouraging the subject to associate certain behaviors with certain consequences.

Repertoires

The range or collection of skills, abilities, or behaviors that an individual possesses or can perform.

Operant Conditioning

A method of learning that employs rewards and punishments to influence behavior.

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.