Environmental Stimuli Which Act as Keys to Allow Behavior to Occur

question 20

Multiple Choice

Environmental stimuli which act as keys to allow behavior to occur are called:

• A) innate releasing mechanisms
• B) sign stimuli
• C) fixed action patterns
• D) action specific energy

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Definitions:

Vicarious Reinforcement

A process in behavioral psychology where individuals learn through the consequences of actions observed in others, rather than through direct experience.

Shaping

A method of operant conditioning by which successive approximations towards a desired behavior are reinforced.

Operant Conditioning

A learning technique that uses incentives and penalties to influence behavior, thereby affecting the probability of its recurrence.

Secondary Reinforcement

A process where a stimulus reinforces a behavior after it has been associated with a primary reinforcer.