Frank is sitting in his Psychology 101 class listening to his professor attempt to explain the "black box" process and its connection with learning. He suddenly smells the aroma of fresh cinnamon rolls, and his mouth begins to water. He looks around and sees a student in the last row bite into a big, juicy roll. "I wish I were sitting next to him," Frank thinks, "because I know I could steal a bite." What Frank just went through in class was similar to the "black box" process being described by his professor. This process is most closely associated with which of the following learning methods?
A) incidental learning
B) Gestalt learning
C) cognitive learning
D) behavioral learning

Question

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The mention of Frank's desire to steal a bite of the cinnamon roll indicates a behavioristic response to the stimulus of the cinnamon roll. The "black box" process refers to the idea that we cannot observe what goes on inside a person's mental processes during learning, but we can observe and study the external, observable behaviors that result from learning. This process is most closely associated with behavioral learning, which focuses on the relationships between environmental stimuli and observable behavior.

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