THE PSYCHOLOGY OF EMOTIONS
STATES OF CONSCIOUSNESS
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Question
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Classical conditioning
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Operant conditioning
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Observational learning
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Over time, the person begins to jump back automatically after hearing the flush, before the water temperature changes.
Detailed explanation-2: -Knee-jerk is an unconditioned reflex action. All others are conditioned reflex actions.
Detailed explanation-3: -For example, whenever you come home wearing a baseball cap, you take your child to the park to play. So, whenever your child sees you come home with a baseball cap, he is excited because he has associated your baseball cap with a trip to the park. This learning by association is classical conditioning.
Detailed explanation-4: -Learning may be defined, for our purposes, as a relatively permanent change in behavior that occurs as a result of experience.
Detailed explanation-5: -After the bad car accident we had last year, I cringe and break into a sweat at the sound of squealing brakes. This is Classical conditioning. The cringing, which is an unconditioned response to pain or fear, was produced by the accident and its accompanying pain.