The One Significant Observation Galileo Made Through His Home-Built Telescope

question 174

Multiple Choice

The one significant observation Galileo made through his home-built telescope that convinced him that the planets revolved around the Sun was the

• A) appearance of the Milky Way as a mass of individual stars.
• B) discovery of rings around the planet Saturn.
• C) appearance of mountains and craters on the Moon.
• D) appearance of Venus following a cycle of phases, from crescent through quarter and gibbous phases to full.

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Definitions:

Continuous Reinforcement

A learning process in which a behavior is reinforced each time it is exhibited, leading to a faster acquisition of the behavior.

Immediate Reinforcement

The prompt delivery of a reward or punishment following a behavior, which increases the likelihood of that behavior's recurrence.

Spontaneous Recovery

The reappearance of a conditioned response after a period of lessened response or no exposure to the conditioned stimulus.

Fixed-ratio

A schedule of reinforcement where a response is rewarded only after a specified number of responses, often used in behavior therapy and training.