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question 24

Short Answer

In the figure, a 0.24-kg ball is suspended from a very light string 9.79 m long and is pulled slightly to the left. As the ball swings without friction through the lowest part of its motion it encounters an ideal massless spring attached to the wall. The spring pushes against the ball and eventually the ball is returned to its original starting position. Find the time for one complete cycle of this motion if the spring constant of the spring is 21 N/m. (Assume that once the pendulum ball hits the spring there is no effect due to the vertical movement of the ball.)

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Definitions:

Classical Conditioning

The method by which repeated association of two stimuli results in a response that was initially elicited by the second stimulus being elicited by the first stimulus over time.

Neutral Stimulus

An initially neutral stimulus that doesn't trigger a specific reaction besides drawing attention, until it becomes linked with an unconditioned stimulus.

Conditioned Stimulus

An initially neutral cue that, upon repeated pairing with an unconditioned stimulus, produces a conditioned reaction.

Positive Reinforcement

A process in operant conditioning where introducing a rewarding stimulus following a desired behavior increases the likelihood of that behavior being repeated.