If Sheila Says,"Pass the Salt,please," You Are Likely to Pass

question 52

Multiple Choice

If Sheila says,"Pass the salt,please," you are likely to pass her the salt.You'll probably respond in the same way if Sheila (a chemistry major) instead asks,"Could you please hand me the sodium chloride crystals?" This observation seems to indicate that our behavior is

• A)primarily controlled by the physical characteristics of the stimuli we encounter.
• B)shaped by the literal meanings of the stimuli we encounter.
• C)determined by simple associations among the stimuli we encounter.
• D)governed by what the stimuli we encounter mean to us.

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