Adjusting to a phone ringing during a lecture is an example of learning, whereas feeling excited when your own phone gives a text message alert is an example of learning.
A)associative; nonassociative
B)nonassociative; associative
C)observational; associative
D)observational; nonassociative

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Adjusting to a phone ringing during a lecture involves learning to associate the sound of the phone ringing with the need to silence it in that context, which is an example of associative learning. Feeling excited when your own phone gives a text message alert is an example of nonassociative learning, as it is an automatic response to a stimulus that does not require a learned association between the stimulus and a response. Therefore, the correct choice is nonassociative for the second scenario. Hence, the correct answer is B)nonassociative; associative.

Adjusting to a Phone Ringing During a Lecture Is an Example