If a Person Is Trying to Use Operant Conditioning on Their

question 3

Multiple Choice

If a person is trying to use operant conditioning on their child,they would need to

• A)repeatedly encourage the child to perform a behavior and then reward the good behavior so the child associates the behavior with the reward.
• B)repeatedly encourage the child to perform a behavior and then wait several days before rewarding the good behavior so the child associates the behavior with the reward.
• C)wait until the child accidentally performs a behavior that is desirable and then reward the good behavior so the child associates the behavior with the reward.
• D)never encourage a specific behavior from a child but randomly give them rewards.

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Definitions:

Opponent-Process Theory

The Opponent-Process Theory is a psychological and neurological model that explains how the perception of colors is controlled by the operation of opposing neural systems.

Trichromatic Theory

A theory of color vision that proposes three types of color receptor cells in the eye, corresponding to three primary colors.

Color Vision

Color vision is the capability of an organism to distinguish objects based on the wavelengths (or frequencies) of the light they reflect, emit, or transmit.

Weber's Law

A principle in psychophysics stating that the smallest change in a stimulus that can be detected is a constant proportion of the baseline stimulus.