The Media Should Bear All the Blame for Children Having

question 49

True/False

The media should bear all the blame for children having access to violent imagery.

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Definitions:

Rescorla-Wagner Model

A model of conditioning that emphasizes the importance of the predictability of the US by the CS, proposing a limit to the amount of learning that can occur.

Associative Strength

The measure of the relationship between a conditioned stimulus and an unconditioned stimulus, indicating how strongly two stimuli are linked in an individual's mind.

Maximum Conditioning

The point at which a conditioned response reaches its highest level of strength or efficiency through the learning process.

Blocking

The prevention of the acquisition of a conditioned response (CR) to a second conditioned stimulus (CS2) when two stimuli are paired with an unconditioned stimulus (UCS) and conditioning has already occurred to the first stimulus (CS1).