A Pigeon Learns to Peck at a Red Disk

question 115

Multiple Choice

A pigeon learns to peck at a red disk. It will not peck at an identical disk of any other color. This illustrates the concept of ________.

• A) discrimination
• B) extinction
• C) avoidance training
• D) desensitization

Explain the influence of environmental factors on behavior according to behaviorist view.

Grasp the role of unconscious processes in shaping human behavior as per psychoanalytic theory.

Identify the significance of cognitive processes and their status within modern psychological research.

Understand different subfields of psychology and their focus.

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Definitions:

Carbon Atoms

The basic building blocks of organic molecules, characterized by having four valence electrons, allowing them to form various structured networks and compounds.

Methoxyethane

An organic compound with the formula C3H8O; an ether that is used as a solvent.

Condensed Structural Formula

A method of displaying the molecular structure of a chemical compound, showing how its atoms are connected with minimal branching or levels of separation.

Methoxymethane

Another name for dimethyl ether, a colorless gas used as an aerosol propellant and a refrigerant.