A thumbtack stuck in a bulletin board several feet away is less likely to affect your behavior than a thumbtack placed on the chair on which you are sitting. Even though both examples involve a thumbtack, the second is more likely to qualify as a ________.
a. stimulus
b. contiguous relation
c. contingency
d. response
Question 2Experience refers to ________.
a. mental states
b. our surroundings
c. changes in the environment
d. practice
Question 3Teenagerus Americanus, a two-legged ape indigenous to North America, breaks out in a cold sweat whenever exposed to elevator music. This reaction is most likely ______.
a. a reflex
b. a fixed action pattern
c. a general behavior trait
d. learned behavior
Question 4Steven says that he was very nervous when he first attended college classes, but now he feels quite relaxed. Steven's loss of anxiety is most likely an example of _______.
a. learning
b. disease
c. maturation
d. fatigue
Question 5Behavior refers to anything a person or animal does that can be
a. changed.
b. described.
c. measured.
d. photographed, tape recorded, or filmed.
Question 6_____ changes when learning occurs.
a. Behavior
b. Skill level
c. Understanding
d. Perception
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