An Animal in a Skinner Box Presses a Lever and Receives

question 192

Multiple Choice

An animal in a skinner box presses a lever and receives an electric shock. As a result, the lever pressing behaviour decreases. What has happened?

• A) positive reinforcement
• B) negative punishment
• C) discrimination training
• D) positive punishment
• E) negative reinforcement

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Definitions:

Psychic

Pertaining to phenomena or abilities claimed to be beyond the natural physical laws, such as extrasensory perception or telekinesis.

Poison

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Anecdotes

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ESP

Extrasensory perception, which is the claimed ability to gain information through the mind without the use of the traditional five senses.