Describe operant conditioning, reinforcers, and punishment
What will be an ideal response?
In operant conditioning, infants act, or operate, on the environment, and stimuli that follow their behavior change the probability that the behavior will occur again. A stimulus that increases the occurrence of a response is called a reinforcer. For example, sweet liquid reinforces the sucking response in newborns. Removing a desirable stimulus or presenting an unpleasant one to decrease the occurrence of a response is called punishment. A sour-tasting fluid punishes newborns' sucking response. It causes them to purse their lips and stop sucking entirely.
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If a person has an IQ score that falls in the range of around 35 or 40 to 50 or 55, it would be classified as __________.
A. severe intellectual disability B. moderate intellectual disability C. borderline intellectual development D. mild intellectual disability
In this calculation, 
what does the 
stand for?
A. The 
stands for the mean population in the sample.
B. The 
stands for the mean distribution in the sample.
C. The 
stands for the number of scores in the sample.
D. The 
stands for the sum of squares in the sample.
The heart is protected by:
a. the pericardium. c. the valves. b. the arteries. d. the atria.
The fact that infants are better than adults at discriminating unfamiliar speech sounds implies that
a. infants are more intelligent than adults. b. as we develop, unnecessary skills are lost. c. motivation to achieve is as important as ability. d. children have an innate ability to detect danger via audition.