The Urban Heat Island Effect Is Caused by _______________

question 18

Multiple Choice

The urban heat island effect is caused by _______________.

• A) green buildings
• B) air warmed over adjacent oceans blowing into urban areas
• C) nuclear power plants venting excess heat into the urban landscape
• D) heat-generating buildings and dark, heat-absorbing surfaces
• E) street lighting and burning of wastes in landfills

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Definitions:

Discriminative Operant

A type of operant conditioning in which behavior is controlled by stimuli that signal the reinforcement of a behavioral response.

Behavioral Contrast

A phenomenon where the rate of response to a stimulus changes significantly due to the introduction of a reinforcement or punishment to another stimulus.

Discrimination Learning

A cognitive process where an individual learns to respond differently to various stimuli that are not identical.

Excitatory Generalization

The process whereby a conditioned response is observed not only to the conditioned stimulus but also to stimuli that are similar to the conditioned stimulus.