The Revised Act Takes the Position That Consolidations Are, for All

question 66

True/False

The Revised Act takes the position that consolidations are, for all practical purposes, obsolete.

Understand the importance of precise language to avoid verbal disputes.

Identify and understand the fallacy of amphiboly.

Assess the difference between correlation and causation.

Recognize strategies to avoid informal fallacies.

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Definitions:

Reinforcement Schedule

In operant conditioning, the rule that describes how often and under what conditions a behavior is reinforced.

Vicarious Punishment

Learning process in which an individual observes another being punished and thus learns to inhibit the behavior that led to the punishment.

Fixed Ratio Reinforcement

A reinforcement schedule in behavioral psychology where a response is reinforced only after a specified number of responses.

Latent Learning

A form of learning that occurs without any obvious reinforcement of the behavior or associations that are learned.