The Psychological Process That Involves Manipulating Mental Representations of Information

question 230

Multiple Choice

The psychological process that involves manipulating mental representations of information in order to draw inferences and conclusions is called:

• A) perception.
• B) sensation.
• C) thinking.
• D) learning.

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Definitions:

Behavioral Contrast

The phenomenon in which the rate of response varies according to a change in reinforcement conditions, usually in operant conditioning.

Transposition

Köhler’s idea that animals learn relationships between stimuli and that they respond to different stimuli based on the same relationship as the original training stimuli.

Occasion Setting

The ability of one stimulus to enhance the response to another stimulus.

Behavioral Contrast

A phenomenon in operant conditioning where a change in the condition of reinforcement for one behavior alters the rate of an alternative behavior.