The Idea That a Behavior Will Increase or Decrease Based

question 27

Multiple Choice

The idea that a behavior will increase or decrease based on the consequences that follow that behavior is crucial to ________.

• A) operant conditioning
• B) insight learning
• C) vicarious learning
• D) classical conditioning

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Definitions:

Middle Term

In a syllogism, the term that appears in both premises but not in the conclusion, serving as a link between the other two terms.

Major Premise

The first proposition in a syllogism, from which a conclusion is drawn in conjunction with a minor premise.

Validity Rules

Guidelines or principles used to evaluate the correctness of the logical structure of arguments, ensuring that the conclusion follows from the premises.

Validity

The extent to which an argument's conclusion logically follows from its premises, without regard to the actual truth of the premises.