Avery Just Took Part in a Citizen Police Academy Session

question 14

Multiple Choice

Avery just took part in a citizen police academy session and came away from it with some interesting information.When asked by a researcher how he felt about police,he responded that he had more respect for them.The researcher did not take this as a significant sign of attitude change.Why not?

• A)Most people who enter these academies already have a respect for police
• B)Most people who enter these academies want to gain benefits from special favors
• C)Most people who enter these academies go on to become police officers
• D)Most people who enter these academies are doing so for free self-defense training

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Definitions:

Unconditioned Stimuli

Stimuli that naturally and automatically trigger a response without any prior learning.

Conditioned Stimuli

Stimuli that have become associated with a particular response through conditioning, typically in the context of classical conditioning.

Sign-Stimuli

External sensory cues that trigger a specific, often instinctual, behavior in an organism.

Classical Conditioning

A learning process that involves creating associations between a naturally occurring stimulus and a previously neutral stimulus.