How is shaping used to establish a complex behavior?
What will be an ideal response?
During shaping, an organism's behavior is reinforced over a series of attempts as it gradually approaches a desired response. Initially, reinforcement is provided for either (a) a simple form of the response or (b) the final step in a sequence of behaviors. Over time, reinforcement is only provided for more specific (or complete sequences) of behaviors. For example, a dolphin is trained to leap out of the water and touch a target by first receiving a reward for touching a target that is on the surface of the water. As the target is gradually lifted, the dolphin eventually learns to jump out of the water and touch the target.
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Which of the following would you be most likely to find by a "preattentive" process?
a. Your own car in a crowded parking lot b. A car in the parking lot that has two Zs on its license plate c. The most typical, average car in the parking lot d. A car in the parking lot that suddenly starts moving
Describe promising avenues to increase the human lifespan.
What will be an ideal response?
When does Rh incompatibility happen?
A. When the mother is Rh negative and carries an Rh negative fetus. B. When the mother is Rh positive and carries an Rh negative fetus. C. When the mother is Rh negative and carries an Rh positive fetus. D. When the mother is Rh positive and carries an Rh positive fetus.
Zeitgeist means:
a. the spirit of the times b. about the same thing as presentism c. that the history of anything must be selective d. about the same thing as historicism