As a Car Drives Around a Corner at Constant Speed

question 35

Multiple Choice

As a car drives around a corner at constant speed, the car is

• A) not accelerating.
• B) accelerating because speed is decreasing.
• C) accelerating because speed is increasing.
• D) accelerating because the direction is changing.
• E) accelerating because the applied force is zero.

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Definitions:

Extinction

The weakening and eventual disappearance of a learned response; in classical conditioning, it occurs when the conditioned stimulus is no longer paired with the unconditioned stimulus; in operant conditioning, it occurs when a response is no longer followed by a reinforcer.

Conditioned Response

A learned reaction to a previously neutral stimulus that has become associated with an unconditioned stimulus.

Spontaneous Recovery

The reappearance of a learned response after its apparent extinction.

Negative Punishment

A behavior modification technique where a desirable stimulus is removed following an unwanted behavior, with the aim of decreasing that behavior.