Christian Has Been Practicing the Rubix Cube for Months and His

question 112

Multiple Choice

Christian has been practicing the Rubix cube for months and his best time to solve a randomly mixed cube is 7.23 seconds.One day he enters a competition and has to solve the cube in a competition against others,some of them world champions.Although Christian doesn't win the competition,he beats his best time by almost a second.Christian is experiencing

• A) social facilitation.
• B) social loafing.
• C) groupthink.
• D) group polarization.

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Definitions:

Conditioned Stimuli

Stimuli that were originally neutral but have become associated with a particular response after being paired with an unconditioned stimulus.

Responding Levels

Refers to the degree or intensity of an organism's reaction to a stimulus or a series of stimuli.

Morphine

An opioid analgesic drug derived from opium, used medically to relieve severe or acute pain.

Conditioned Response

A learned response to a previously neutral stimulus that becomes associated with an unconditioned stimulus through conditioning.