Our Attitudes Will Guide Our Behavior If _____

question 63

Multiple Choice

Our attitudes will guide our behavior if _____.

• A) our attitudes are not easily brought to mind
• B) an attitude is not particularly relevant to the behavior we are engaging in
• C) outside influences on what we say and do are limited
• D) outside influences on what we say and do are deemed important

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Definitions:

Stimulus Discrimination

The learned ability to respond differently to similar stimuli based on their differences, significant in the context of conditioning.

Stimulus Generalization

The tendency for the conditioned response to be evoked by stimuli that are similar to the stimulus to which the response was initially conditioned.

Higher-Order Conditioning

A process in classical conditioning where a stimulus that was previously neutral becomes a conditioned stimulus by being paired with another conditioned stimulus.

Shaping

A method of teaching new behaviors by rewarding successive approximations toward a desired behavior.