The Encyclopédie Was

question 67

Multiple Choice

The Encyclopédie was

• A)the eighteenth-century edition of the Index of Prohibited Books.
• B)limited to the fields of botany and entomology.
• C)a means of disseminating Enlightenment thought.
• D)a compilation of all human knowledge.
• E)a collection of information that included much of the empirical knowledge of its time.

Analyze and interpret the effect of reinforcement schedules on behavior including fixed and variable schedules.

Apply principles of generalization and discrimination to predict and explain learning outcomes.

Evaluate the practical applications of reinforcement schedules in work, study, and daily activities.

Understand the fundamental concepts of operant conditioning.

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Definitions:

Control Group

In experimental research, a group of subjects that does not receive the treatment being tested, used for comparison against the group that does.

Random Sampling

A technique for selecting a sample from a population in a way that every member has an equal chance of being chosen.

Educated Guess

An assumption or prediction made based on known facts and logical reasoning, despite the absence of complete information.

Empirical Evidence

Information acquired by observation or experimentation that is used to confirm or disprove a hypothesis or theory.