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nenivikky

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When Maurice's father walks through the door after the end of a long day at work, Maurice jumps up, claps his hands, and runs to see Daddy. Lately, though, he has been dropping his toys and getting excited when he hears his father's keys in the lock. The fact that the response has changed stimuli is a demonstration of
 
  a. operant conditioning.
 b. habituation.
 c. the orienting response.
  d. classical conditioning.

Question 2

Strutt and colleagues (1975) asked children ages 6 to 12 to sort cards based upon the shape on the card (a circle or a square). When irrelevant information was also presented on the cards, what happened?
 
  a. Children were unable to sort the cards correctly.
  b. Children sorted the cards based upon the irrelevant information, not the shapes.
  c. Younger children were better able to ignore the irrelevant information.
  d. Older children were better able to ignore irrelevant information



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sarahccccc

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Answer to Question 1

d

Answer to Question 2

d




nenivikky

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Reply 2 on: Jun 22, 2018
Gracias!


okolip

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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Great answer, keep it coming :)

 

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