Not All Human Behaviors and Actions Can Be Explained in Terms

question 23

Multiple Choice

Not all human behaviors and actions can be explained in terms of genetics and heredity,and those who try to engage in such wide-sweeping explanations are making the __________ fallacy.

• A) universalistic
• B) deterministic
• C) biological
• D) evolutionary

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Definitions:

Extinction

In psychology, extinction refers to the gradual weakening and eventual disappearance of a learned response when the reinforcement is no longer provided.

Operant Conditioning

A way of learning that involves changing the strength of a behavior using either supportive stimulants or corrective measures.

Shaping

A technique in operant conditioning that involves reinforcing behaviors that are increasingly closer to the desired behavior.

Conditioned Response

A learned response to a previously neutral stimulus that has become conditioned.