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#1. A mother observes that her infant consistently blinks every time a bright light suddenly flashes in the room. This reaction occurs immediately and without any prior learning or consequences applied to the blinking. Based on this observation, the infant’s blinking behavior is best classified as a(n) .
Respondent behavior also known as elicited behavior is a behavior that is reliably produced in response to a specific stimulus without prior learning These behaviors are typically involuntary reflexlike and are part of an organisms biological heritage They involve an unconditioned stimulus US automatically eliciting an unconditioned response UR forming an SR stimulusresponse contingency In the given example the bright light is the unconditioned stimulus US that reliably and automatically elicits blinking as the unconditioned response UR from the infant This is a natural unlearned reflex much like sneezing to an irritant Operant behavior A Operant behavior is voluntary emitted behavior that is strengthened or weakened by its consequences It is consequenceshaped or consequencemaintained The infants blinking in this scenario is not maintained by any consequence it is a direct reflexive response to a stimulus Consequenceshaped behavior B This is another term for operant behavior emphasizing that the form or frequency of the behavior is determined by the consequences it produces The blinking here is not shaped by consequences Rulegoverned behavior D Rulegoverned behavior is behavior that is controlled by a verbal statement a rule rather than by direct exposure to contingencies Infants do not typically engage in rulegoverned behavior in this context and the blinking is a direct physiological response not following a rule Thus the infants blinking in response to a bright light is a classic example of respondent behavior
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