Interruptions Such as a Telephone Ringing, Someone Knocking on Your

question 133

Short Answer

Interruptions such as a telephone ringing, someone knocking on your door, or someone dropping by your office when you are trying to communicate with someone else are examples of __________ in effective communication.

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Definitions:

Pavlov

Refers to Ivan Pavlov, a Russian physiologist known for his work on classical conditioning, particularly his experiments with dogs that led to an understanding of how reflexes can be conditioned.

Instinctive Drift

The tendency of an animal to revert to instinctual behaviors that interfere with learned behavior from conditioning.

Negative Reinforcement

A process in behaviorism where a response increases because a negative condition is stopped or avoided as a consequence of the response.

Salient

Being most noticeable or important; prominently standing out.