Which of the Following Would NOT Be a Conditioned Stimulus

question 244

Multiple Choice

Which of the following would NOT be a conditioned stimulus that would reduce a cancer patient's pain through the placebo effect?

• A) the bottle containing the pills
• B) the active ingredients in the pills
• C) the sight and feel of the injections
• D) the white coat of the doctor

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Definitions:

Retrospective Sense Making

Weick’s view of how people construct rational accounts of organizational behavior after the fact—“how do I know what I think until I see what I say?”

Rational Accounts

Explanations or narratives provided to justify actions or decisions based on reason, logic, and rationality.

Organizing Process

The series of actions and steps taken to structure or arrange resources and activities towards achieving certain goals or objectives.

Systems Theory

An interdisciplinary study of systems in general, with the goal of elucidating principles that can be applied to all types of systems.