A Child Learns That Whenever He Eats All of His

question 221

Multiple Choice

A child learns that whenever he eats all of his dinner he gets a cookie for dessert. This type of learning is BEST explained by

• A) classical conditioning.
• B) operant conditioning.
• C) biofeedback theory.
• D) social learning theory.
• E) observational learning.

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Definitions:

Sufficient Condition

A condition or set of conditions that, if satisfied, ensures that a certain statement or outcome must be true.

Method of Concomitant Variations

A scientific principle stating that if two variables vary together in a consistent manner, then one may be a cause of the other.

Suspected Cause

A factor that is believed or speculated to be the reason behind a certain condition or event, often investigated in causal research.

Initial Knowledge

The foundational information or understanding one has at the beginning of a learning process or inquiry.