When the Police Began Searching for a Serial Killer, They

question 130

Multiple Choice

When the police began searching for a serial killer, they stopped only vehicles carrying Caucasian males. What are the police engaging in?

• A) prototyping
• B) the halo effect
• C) contrast effects
• D) selective perception
• E) profiling

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Definitions:

Successive Approximations

A method used in conditioning and learning in which behaviors are broken down into simpler steps and rewarded progressively as they become closer to the desired behavior.

Shaping

A method used in behavioral psychology to gradually teach new behaviors through the use of reinforcement for successive approximations to the desired behavior.

Discriminative Stimulus

A specific cue or stimulus in the environment that signals the availability of reinforcement or punishment, guiding behavior accordingly.

Reinforcement

In behavioral psychology, a stimulus that increases the probability of a behavior being repeated.