The Tendency to Respond to a Stimulus That Is Similar

question 254

Multiple Choice

The tendency to respond to a stimulus that is similar to the original conditioned stimulus is called __________

• A) stimulus generalization.
• B) stimulus adaptation.
• C) response generalization.
• D) transfer of habit strength.

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Definitions:

Frankfurt School

A group of mid-20th-century theorists who combined Marxist economic analysis with Freudian psychoanalysis to critique mass culture, authoritarianism, and the commodification of culture.

McDonaldization

A term used to describe the process by which the principles of the fast food industry, such as efficiency, calculability, predictability, and control, have come to dominate other sectors of society.

Culture Industry

The mass production of popular culture, administered from above, that creates needs in people that they would not otherwise have. The culture industry maintains the status quo and limits people’s critical abilities.

Economic Determinism

A classic Marxist position that views the culture and ideas of a society as heavily shaped by the economic structure of that society.