What motivates a pigeon in an operant conditioning experiment to continue to respond throughout the early links in a chained schedule?
A) ?Secondary reinforcers in the form of changes in key color at the end of each link
B) Generalized reinforcers in the form of changes in key color at the end of each link
C) ?Primary reinforcers in the form of changes in key color at the end of each link
D) ?Primary reinforcers in the form of food at the end of each link
A
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a. ?positively correlated with grades b. ?negatively correlated with grades c. ?positively correlated with health complaints within the high academic stress group d. ?negatively correlated with health complaints within the high academic stress group
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A) ?every neuron in one location column to fire, but no firing in any other column B) ?a limited number of neurons to fire in only one ocular dominance column C) ?firing of neurons in a number of different columns D) ?every neuron in an orientation column to fire, but not in the location columns
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