If Experimenters Play a Very Loud Buzzer, a Rat Will

question 35

Multiple Choice

If experimenters play a very loud buzzer, a rat will be startled. If they repeatedly flash a light before the buzzer is played, the rat will eventually be startled by the light alone. This is an example of:

• A) generalization.
• B) classical conditioning.
• C) the law of effect.
• D) instrumental conditioning.

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Definitions:

Center

In statistics, the central tendency of a dataset, which is a measure that seeks to define the most typical or representative value of the dataset, like the mean, median, or mode.

Sampling Variability

The extent to which the statistic obtained from different samples for the same population varies.

Sample Mean

The average value of a set of observations sampled from a larger population.

Normally Distributed

A data distribution that is symmetrically shaped like a bell curve, with most data points clustering around a central mean value.