Megan Is Looking for a Gift for Her Older Brother

question 23

Multiple Choice

Megan is looking for a gift for her older brother who enjoys reading mysteries. A book by one of his favorite authors was recently published and she plans to buy it. However, because she is on a limited budget, she wants to find the lowest price. The most convenient way for Megan to find the best price for the book would be to

• A)drive to a large shopping center that is 45 minutes away from home where there are two bookstores (Barnes & Noble and Half-Priced Books) to see which one has the book at the lowest price.
• B)call all five bookstores in her community to inquire about the price of the book at each one.
• C)use a bot to comb the websites of online booksellers and locate the one with the best price.
• D)use a cookie to contact various bookstores and find the one with the best price.
• E)create a choice board using the Barnes & Noble's Facebook page.

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Definitions:

Observational Learning

The process of learning behaviors by watching and imitating others, also known as social learning or modeling.

Imitated

The action of copying or reproducing someone else's behavior, actions, or expressions, often a key method of learning and socialization.

Higher-order Conditioning

A form of learning in which a stimulus is paired with a previously conditioned stimulus, resulting in the new stimulus eliciting the conditioned response.

Classical Conditioning

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