The diners' heads automatically turned toward the kitchen door at the sound of the dishes crashing. The diners' shift in attention illustrates the behavior that psychologists refer to as:
a. a conditioned response
b. operant conditioning
c. an orienting response
d. sensitization
The answer is C. An orienting response
You might also like to view...
Even newborns display habituation. Ellie is three days old and has begun to show less interest in her mother's shiny red glasses
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
________ is a process in which memories are influenced by the meaning we give to events.
A. Long-term potentiation B. A nondeclarative process C. A constructive process D. Consolidation
Myelination, a key part of development, begins in the prenatal period and may not be complete until adolescence or later
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
To study human behavioral patterns during crisis situations, Clara first conducts a trial run with a small number of participants. She does this to make sure that the instructions are clear to the participants and the whole experimental setting is plausible. This procedure is an example of a
A. pilot study. B. manipulation check. C. research proposal. D. double-blind study.