You Are Passing Through One of the Science Buildings on a University

question 46

Multiple Choice

You are passing through one of the science buildings on a university campus when you see a researcher come out of his laboratory and go into another room.You hear and then see a newly hatched duckling come out of the lab and run to follow the researcher into the other room.The duck's behavior can best be described as

• A)a fixed action pattern.
• B)classical conditioning.
• C)imprinting.
• D)operant conditioning.
• E)altruistic.

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Definitions:

Social Psychological Study

A research approach focusing on how individuals' thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are influenced by the social context and the presence of others.

Random Assignment

A research method used to assign participants to different groups in an experiment in a way that each participant has an equal chance of being placed in any group.

Independent Variable(s)

are the variables in an experiment that are manipulated to test their effect on dependent variables, allowing researchers to determine cause-and-effect relationships.

Internal Validity

The extent to which changes in the independent variable caused changes in the dependent variable.