Alison is training a rat to press a lever. Each time the rat presses the lever, he gets a food pellet. This is considered:

Please choose the correct answer from the following choices, and then select the submit answer button.

continuous reinforcement.
partial reinforcement.
classical conditioning.
positive punishment.


continuous reinforcement.

Psychology

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A. Sigmund Freud B. Elliot Aronson C. Lawrence Kohlberg D. Albert Bandura

Psychology

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a. epilepsy b. Alzheimer's disease c. playing computer games d. exposure to cognitively challenging tasks

Psychology

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a. cognitive b. humanistic c. biopsychological d. behavioristic

Psychology