Question

When you first bought your pet hamsters Fudge and Brownie, only Fudge would let you pet him. After a few weeks of Brownie watching you pet Fudge, Brownie started to let you pet her. In this case, Brownie’s new behavior is most likely the result of learning by _____________.

a. associating two Stimuli
b. watching others
c. sensitiztion
d. habituation

Answer 1

Watching others.

Explanation:

Learning by watching others called the behavior of modeling. The behavior that learns through observation is called modeling. People, dogs, pets learn through imitation and modeling. So that when the pet named Fudge, Hamster and Brownie bring home. Only Fudge let you pet him.

So when you were petting Fudge, Brownie observes that behavior. She observes that you are petting Fudge. She let you pet her as well. So that here the new behavior that Brownie learn was observed, imitate and learn by her. This is an example of learning by watching others' behavior.