The General Mining Act of 1872 ________________

question 30

Multiple Choice

The General Mining Act of 1872 ________________.

• A)officially legalized mountaintop removal
• B)encouraged the prospecting for minerals on federal lands
• C)legalized the mining for gold in California
• D)requires remediation and reclamation of areas damaged by mining operations
• E)was named after a Civil War general who died at the Battle of Gettysburg

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Definitions:

Stimulus Discrimination

The ability to distinguish between different stimuli, responding only to the specific stimulus that is conditioned.

Conditioned Stimulus

A previously neutral stimulus that, after becoming associated with an unconditioned stimulus, eventually comes to trigger a conditioned response.

Spontaneous Recovery

The reappearance of a previously extinguished conditioned response after a period of no exposure to the conditioned stimulus.

Conditioned Response

A learned response to a previously neutral stimulus that has become associated with an unconditioned stimulus through conditioning.