Because you fed your dog table scraps while sitting at the kitchen table, your dog began to jump up and beg for scraps whenever you were eating dinner at the kitchen table. Lately, your dog has also begun to jump up and beg for scraps whenever you sit at any table or desk in the house. Your dog is exhibiting
a. latent learning.
b. response chaining.
c. operant stimulus generalization.
d. operant stimulus discrimination.
C
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Answer feedback: The phenomenon of behavioral contrast appears in the fact that the peak of the S+S- gradient in Lesson 44 was higher than that of the tone-on S+ gradient in Lesson 40. However, the phenomenon appears in pigeons but not necessarily in real rats that learn to discriminate between tones of different frequencies.
a. a shaping hierarchy. b. beginning at the first step in the shaping hierarchy. c. a protracted training program consisting of a large number of small steps. d. previous magazine training in order to establish a secondary reinforcer.
Emergency room doctors must focus on their procedures rather than be overcome with emotion in viewing their patients in excruciating pain. By separating the emotion from an anxiety-provoking situation so they can save lives, the doctors are using the defense mechanism known as
a. compensation. b. repression. c. intellectualization. d. rationalization.
Julio experiences a stroke that affects his ability to remember his family and friends. However, he still remembers how to play the piano, although he has no memory of ever learning how to play. It appears that Julio's __________ memory is intact.
A. declarative B. episodic C. semantic D. nondeclarative
Care-Cola, Dope Cola, Kola Ade, and Wiseola were among several beverage products sold in the nineteenth century. An ingredient they all had in common was
A. heroin B. cocaine C. marijuana D. enormous levels of caffeine