If Animals Have Value Only in So Far as They

question 24

True/False

If animals have value only in so far as they are useful for humans, then they have only instrumental, not intrinsic, value.

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Definitions:

Acquisition

Acquisition refers to the initial stage of learning or conditioning process where a response is first established and gradually strengthened.

Habituation

A psychological learning process wherein there is a decrease in response to a stimulus after being repeatedly exposed to it.

Extinction

In behavioral psychology, the process through which a learned response is diminished or diminishes over time following the removal of reinforcement.

Extinction

In behavioral psychology, the gradual weakening and eventual disappearance of a conditioned response when the conditioned stimulus is no longer paired with the unconditioned stimulus.