Which of the Following Statements Regarding Learning Is TRUE

question 92

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements regarding learning is TRUE?

• A)Because Pavlov's dogs were supplied with a reward (meat powder)during his experiments, this is an example of both operant conditioning and associative learning.
• B)Animals can only learn from members of the same species.
• C)The evolutionary history of an organism (and its ancestors)plays no role in the ability of that organism to learn or make associations between events.
• D)Only higher vertebrates-such as birds and mammals-are able to learn. Invertebrates are incapable of learning.
• E)None of the answer options is correct.

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Definitions:

Alogia

A term used in psychiatry to describe a poverty of speech, where an individual produces brief and unelaborated responses during conversation.

Poverty of Speech

A reduction in the amount of spontaneous speech, often seen in various psychiatric and neurological conditions.

Loss of Volition

A decrease in the motivation or ability to make decisions or initiate voluntary action, often a symptom of psychological disorders.

Prodromal Phase

The period during which the symptoms of schizophrenia are not yet prominent, but the person has begun to deteriorate from previous levels of functioning.