If you intended to stop at the corner shop on the way home from school, but instead took your usual path from school to your home and missed the corner shop, then your behaviour has been controlled by which type of learning?
Correct answer: B. Stimulus-response association
- A. Response-outcome association
- B. Stimulus-response association
- C. Selective response learning
- D. Instrumental learning
- E. Stimulus-habit association
Explanation
The familiar route was triggered by the starting situation and automatically produced the usual response, even though the intended outcome was different. This reflects a stimulus-response habit rather than flexible response-outcome control.
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