When a Behavior Is Strengthened Indirectly Through Vicarious Conditioning, the Process

question 231

Short Answer

When a behavior is strengthened indirectly through vicarious conditioning, the process at work is _____ learning.

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Definitions:

Jealousy

A complex emotion that often involves feelings of insecurity, fear, concern, and envy over relative lack of possessions, status or something of great personal value.

Oedipus Complex

A psychoanalytic theory from Freud that describes a child's feelings of desire for the opposite-sex parent and jealousy and rivalry with the same-sex parent.

Freudian Stage

Refers to any of the developmental phases in Sigmund Freud's theory of psychosexual development, each characterized by fixation on a different pleasure area of the body.

Phallic

Relating to or resembling a phallus; often used in psychoanalytic theory to describe the stage of psychosexual development focused on the genitals.