An Organism Enhances Its Odds of Survival When It Is

question 287

Multiple Choice

An organism enhances its odds of survival when it is able to learn that a neutral stimulus can signal an important upcoming event, as in:

• A) operant conditioning.
• B) classical conditioning.
• C) observational learning.
• D) learned helplessness.

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Definitions:

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A communication strategy where grievances are silently collected and then released all at once in a conflict.

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Deception by commission involving “stretching the truth” or embellishing the facts.

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