Charles Darwin's Book on the Origin of Species (1859) Was

question 18

Multiple Choice

Charles Darwin's book On the Origin of Species (1859) was considered an important contribution to modern science because it

• A) coined the concept of evolution.
• B) synthesized information from diverse scientific fields in order to document evolutionary change.
• C) was immediately and widely accepted by the scientific community as the mechanism for evolutionary change.
• D) proposed the use of the scientific method for the first time.

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Definitions:

Stimulus Generalization

is the process in which a response is elicited by stimuli that are similar but not identical to the conditioned stimulus in a conditioning paradigm, demonstrating the ability to generalize learning to new stimuli.

Conditioned Response

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

Original CS

In classical conditioning, the original conditioned stimulus that is neutral at first but becomes associated with an unconditioned stimulus to elicit a conditioned response.

Extinct CR

The process where a conditioned response is reduced or eliminated because the conditioned stimulus is no longer paired with the unconditioned stimulus.