After Pigs Learned to Pick Up and Deposit Wooden Coins

question 109

Multiple Choice

After pigs learned to pick up and deposit wooden coins in a piggy bank,the pigs subsequently dropped the coins repeatedly and pushed them with their snouts. This best illustrates the importance of ________ in operant conditioning.

• A)conditioned reinforcement
• B)latent learning
• C)generalization
• D)biological predispositions

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Definitions:

Information Processing

A theory describing how the human mind takes in, stores, retrieves, and uses information.

Stereotype Threat

The risk of confirming negative stereotypes about an individual's racial, ethnic, gender, or cultural group, which can hinder performance in various domains.

Sensory Loss

A decrease or loss in the ability to perceive or process external stimuli through one's senses, such as sight, hearing, touch, taste, or smell.

Compensation

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