Antecedents Play a Significant Role in Operant Conditioning Because They

question 139

Multiple Choice

Antecedents play a significant role in operant conditioning because they:

• A) determine when punishment or reinforcement should be implemented.
• B) permit greater generalization of the conditioned stimulus.
• C) provide signals to an organism that a given response will produce certain consequences.
• D) signal when the association between the conditioned stimulus and the unconditioned stimulus is in effect.

Analyze historical acts of discrimination, such as the Chinese Exclusion Act, and their social and political contexts.

Discuss the concept of racial categorization and the salience principle.

Identify different types of racism including colorblind racism and understand their societal impacts.

Critique cultural arguments relating to social issues and evaluate the role of structural factors.

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Definitions:

Active Site

Pocket in an enzyme where substrates react and are converted to products.

Substrate

Molecule that an enzyme acts upon and converts to a product; reactant in an enzyme-catalyzed reaction.

Oxidation-Reduction Reactions

Chemical reactions involving the transfer of electrons between two substances, altering their oxidation states and often producing energy.

Substrate

The surface or material on or in which an organism lives, grows, or reacts, or a substance acted upon by an enzyme.