A pigeon pecks a lighted disk on the wall of a test chamber and receives food after the peck. Research has confirmed that, in this example of the operant procedure, the longer the delay between the response and the eliciting stimulus,
a. the weaker the operant response.
b. the weaker the elicited response.
c. the stronger the operant response.
d. the stronger the elicited response.
e. unlike the classical procedure, delay makes no difference to the strength of the response.
a. the weaker the operant response.
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A. strongly negative emotions B. strongly positive emotions C. strong emotions, either negative or positive D. weak emotions
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a. representativeness heuristic b. base rate c. framing heuristic d. relational heuristic
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a. you focus on the short-term rewards. b. it comes in a tight chain of events. c. you pay attention to your long-term goals. d. you feel guilty when you slip.
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a. childhood b. adolescence c. emerging adulthood d. early adulthood