{"id":274076,"date":"2025-07-28T05:02:19","date_gmt":"2025-07-28T05:02:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/?p=274076"},"modified":"2025-07-28T05:02:22","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T05:02:22","slug":"when-jose-tells-a-joke-sometimes-people-laugh-sometimes-they-change-the-subject-and-sometimes-they-provide-disapproving-feedback","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/2025\/07\/28\/when-jose-tells-a-joke-sometimes-people-laugh-sometimes-they-change-the-subject-and-sometimes-they-provide-disapproving-feedback\/","title":{"rendered":"When Jose tells a joke sometimes people laugh, sometimes they change the subject, and sometimes they provide disapproving feedback"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

When Jose tells a joke sometimes people laugh, sometimes they change the subject, and sometimes they provide disapproving feedback. This is an example of a:
A Stimulus class based on formal characteristics
B Response class
C Stimulus class based on functional characteristics
D Stimulus class based on temporal location<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The correct answer and explanation is:<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The correct answer is B. Response class.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A response class<\/strong> refers to a group of behaviors that share a common function or outcome, even though the behaviors themselves may differ in form. In this case, Jose’s joke elicits different responses from people: laughter, a change in subject, and disapproving feedback. All of these reactions are responses to the same stimulus (Jose’s joke), but they differ in how people respond. These reactions form a response class<\/strong> because they are different forms of behavior, but they are all functionally related to the stimulus of the joke.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In behavioral psychology, understanding response classes is important for analyzing how people behave in response to certain stimuli. For example, in the scenario with Jose\u2019s joke, the reactions (laughter, a change of subject, and disapproving feedback) all fall under the category of responses to a social stimulus. Each person\u2019s reaction may differ, but they are all intended to provide some form of response to the same situation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The other options are not suitable because they refer to different ways of classifying stimuli or responses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n