Tony Is a Typically Developing Student in Preschool

question 28

Multiple Choice

Tony is a typically developing student in preschool. He learned to discriminate between a circle and a triangle in 3 trials. His classmate, Jay, has an intellectual disability. How many trials might Jay require to perform the same task?

• A)3
• B)10
• C)30
• D)50

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Definitions:

Orienting Reflex

An unlearned response in which an organism attends to a stimulus.

Unlearned Response

A natural, instinctive reaction that does not require prior learning or experience to occur.

Spontaneous Recovery

The reappearance of a previously extinguished conditioned response after a pause.

Continuous Reinforcement

A type of learning in which a behavior is reinforced every time it occurs, leading to rapid learning.