What did B. F. Skinner mean by "shaping"?

a. Start by training a simple response and work up to more complex ones

b. Show the animal an example of the response and let it imitate.
c. Mold the animal's body into the right position to make the response.
d. Change the outcome of the response unpredictably from one time to the next.


a

Psychology

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a. spontaneous recovery. b. stimulus discrimination. c. stimulus generalization. d. latent learning. e. extinction.

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Tertiary prevention is about

a. preventing disorder through social programs. b. reducing the severity, time length, and adverse effects of a disorder. c. the third attempt to intervene and help. d. allowing the disorder to run its course naturally.

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The function of a myelin sheath is to ____

a. prevent action potentials from traveling in the wrong direction b. increase the velocity of transmission along an axon c. increase the magnitude of an action potential d. provide a store of nutrients for the neuron

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Which is an example of following an explicit expectation?

A. speaking with better grammar when addressing authority figures B. wearing makeup in the same style as a close friend C. lifting your pants leg before crossing a puddle D. turning on a turn signal before turning your car

Psychology