Reaching for a Bottle of Soda from a Display in a Bargain

question 21

Multiple Choice

Reaching for a bottle of soda from a display in a Bargain Mart store,Cody slips in a puddle of spilled soda and falls,suffering an injury.Bargain Mart's employees are not aware of the spilled soda until Cody falls.In a suit against Bargain Mart,Cody will most likely

• A)lose,because Bargain Mart's employees were not aware of the spill.
• B)lose,because Cody should have exercised more care.
• C)win,because Bargain Mart can recover from the soda bottler.
• D)win,because the spilled soda was foreseeable.

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Definitions:

Unconditioned Stimulus

In classical conditioning, a stimulus that naturally and automatically triggers a reflexive response without the need for prior learning.

Conditioned Response

A learned reaction to a specific stimulus after repeated exposure, typically studied in the context of classical conditioning.

Stimulus Generalization

A psychological principle where a response learned for one stimulus is elicited by similar, but not identical, stimuli.

Second-order Conditioning

A process in which a neutral stimulus becomes a conditioned stimulus by being paired with a previously conditioned stimulus.