A student using a particular ball point pen gets an A on a final exam. From then on, she always uses that same pen whenever she takes a final. Which of the following is MOST similar to her behavior?
a. A dog that salivates at the sound of a bell that had originally been paired with the
presentation of food.
b. A rat that has learned to press on a bar in its cage that delivers a pellet of food.
c. A pigeon that hops around in circles on one foot until a grain of food is eventually
dropped in its cage.
d. A cat that presses a button in its cage, thus terminating an electric shock.
A
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a) fairies were real. b) the girls played an elaborate hoax on him. c) fairies are real even though the girls were playing an elaborate hoax on him. d) The law of parsimony does not apply in this situation.
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a. foot-in-the-door b. door-in-the-face c. bait-and-switch d. lowball
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