Regarding operant conditioning, which of the following statements is FALSE?
a. Positive reinforcement leads to strengthening of response, whereas negative reinforcement leads to weakening of response.
b. Discriminative stimuli set the stage for reinforcement.
c. Organisms are capable of learning complex behaviors through reinforcement of successive approximations to the desired behaviors.
d. Some reinforcers are rewarding because they satisfy basic biological needs, whereas others acquire reward value through experience.
e. Extinction is achieved by no longer reinforcing the desired response.
a
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A. 36 B. 109 C. 589 D. 12,562
Loss of working memory is particularly likely to affect the ability to
retain the image of a picture just seen. remember public events of the past. recognize friends on the street. repeat a series of numbers just heard.
Marius is visiting New York City from his quiet, country town in Iowa. He is unaccustomed to the sounds of the city, and wakes up frequently to the sounds of sirens and various city noises. As a result, he doesn't get a good night of sleep. He goes home the next day. He is likely to
A. experience more REM sleep the following night. B. show signs of daytime narcolepsy. C. develop chronic hypersomnia. D. suffer from sleep apnea.
The ventral attention network serves to orient the individual to stimuli that demand attention.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)