Kylie recently moved into an apartment with a new roommate who watches cable news seemingly all day and all night. The television is always on and always turned to the news. At first, Kylie found the television distracting, but after a few weeks, she barely even notices that the TV is on. This example demonstrates the behavioural process of:
A) classical conditioning.
B) sensitization.
C) habituation.
D) operant conditioning.
C) habituation.
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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
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a. normality as an all or nothing phenomenon. b. how to determine the reliability and validity of an assessment. c. a person's alter ego. d. normality as a continuum.
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b. his close friends c. his mother. d. a police officer.
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a. A temperament theorist would argue that Cherokee is high in activity level b. A temperament theorist would argue that Cherokee is high in negative affect. c. A temperament theorist would argue that Cherokee is high in surgency/extraversion. d. Temperament theory cannot explain his behavior.