One Concern About Computer Use That May Have Some Merit

question 69

Multiple Choice

One concern about computer use that may have some merit is that _____ .

• A) since disadvantaged students are less likely to have home computers, they may fall even further behind in academic achievement
• B) since boys take greater interest in computers than girls, computer use may widen the gender gap in many areas of academic achievement
• C) both of these
• D) none of these

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Definitions:

Stimulus Discrimination

The ability to distinguish between different stimuli, often used in behavioral psychology to describe how organisms learn to respond differently to various signals.

Higher-order Conditioning

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

Conditioned Stimulus

A previously neutral stimulus that, after becoming associated with an unconditioned stimulus, eventually comes to trigger a conditioned response.

Neutral Stimulus

A stimulus that initially produces no specific response other than focusing attention; in classical conditioning, it becomes associated with an unconditioned stimulus.