A pigeon learns to peck at a red disk. It will not peck at an identical disk of any other color. This illustrates the concept of ______

a. extinction c. avoidance training
b. discrimination d. desensitization


b

Psychology

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Identify the pros and cons of using the statistical deviance model of abnormality. Include a brief definition

What will be an ideal response?

Psychology

According to Rotter's social learning theory, the anticipation that making a response will lead to reinforcement is called

a. reinforcement value. b. expectancy. c. self-reinforcement. d. identification.

Psychology

According to the article The Nose Knows about the ability of mothers to detect the scent of their babies, if a psychological instrument measures what it is supposed to measure it is called:

(a) reliable (b) valid (c) standardized (d) correlated

Psychology

Perception is the ________

a) process by which people take all the sensations they experience at any given moment and interpret them in some meaningful fashion b) action of physical stimuli on receptors leading to sensations c) interpretation of memory based on selective attention d) act of selective attention from sensory storage

Psychology