What term describes a relatively permanent change in behavior due to experience?

• A. Learning
• B. Conditioning
• C. Stimulus
• D. Acquisition

Answer: (A)

Experience can lead to lasting changes in behavior. The term describing a relatively permanent change due to experience is learning. It encompasses acquiring knowledge, skills, or attitudes through practice, study, or observation, with the change persisting beyond the immediate situation. Conditioning refers to a specific process within learning where associations are formed or behaviors are shaped by consequences; it's not the broad term. Acquisition is the initial phase in conditioning, the moment a response begins to be learned, so it's narrower than learning. A stimulus is simply something that elicits a response, not the change itself. So learning best captures the overall idea.