Seamus, a golden retriever, tries to get into the garbage but accidentally sets off an alarm the owners have put into the garbage can. Seamus is scared, and now avoids the garbage can. The other golden retriever, Lilly, observed this incident and also avoids the garbage can. Lilly appears to have learned to avoid the garbage can through __________.

A) insight learning
B) vicarious conditioning
C) shaping
D) classical conditioning

Vicarious Conditioning

A form of learning in which the learner acquires a conditioned response merely by observing another participant being conditioned.

Insight Learning

A form of problem-solving that occurs when a solution is suddenly realized after a period of contemplation, often without the trial-and-error processes associated with operant conditioning.

Garbage Can

A metaphor in organizational studies describing decision-making in organized anarchies where decisions are made randomly.