In laboratory experiments, a cumulative recorder, which is a device with a moving strip of paper and a mechanical pen, is connected to a Skinner box. Rapid responding by the animal in this experiment will cause the pen on the cumulative recorder to
a. draw a steep line.
b. draw a horizontal line.
c. draw small tick marks.
d. leave empty spaces.
A
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A. Nominal B. Interval C. Ratio D. Ordinal
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A) determining how distance to the object affects the rate of habituation to that object B) determining if habituation has occurred to the object C) determining the speed of habituation to the object D) determining if habituation is reversed if the object changes
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A. the source must be properly identified B. the location of the source C. quotation marks D. all of these
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