You Observe a Man Brushing His Teeth

question 180

Multiple Choice

You observe a man brushing his teeth. You notice that as he puts the toothpaste on the brush, he keeps squeezing the tube until the toothpaste drips all over the sink. Then you observe that he sticks the tube of toothpaste in his mouth instead of the brush. This problem of selecting the right components and fitting them together to carry out an activity is known as __________.

• A) agnosia
• B) apraxia
• C) aphasia
• D) split brain

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Definitions:

Observational Learning

A learning process through which behaviors are acquired by watching and imitating the actions of others.

Classical Conditioning

The educational practice of combining two stimuli multiple times, which leads to the response initially induced by the second stimulus being triggered by only the first stimulus in due course.

Innate Unconscious

Refers to the aspects of the mind that are believed to be inherited and operate without conscious awareness, influencing behavior and perceptions.

Conditioning

A process of behavior modification by which a subject comes to associate a desired behavior with a previously unrelated stimulus.