Exercise: Are You Familiar with the Word, "Ursine?" Provide a Definition

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Short Answer

Exercise: Are you familiar with the word, "ursine?" Provide a definition. If the term is unfamiliar, make a guess about its meaning based on its appearance or sound, and create your own definition. Then look the word up, and find out how close you got. (We provide a thumbnail meaning as answer.)

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Definitions:

Discriminative Operant

A discriminative operant is a behavior influenced by the presence of a specific stimulus, indicating that reinforcement or punishment is available, thus guiding the organism's responses.

Discriminative Stimulus

A stimulus that signals the availability or unavailability of reinforcement or punishment

Generalization Gradients

A depiction of the gradual decrease in the conditioned response as the conditioned stimulus becomes more dissimilar to the original conditioned stimulus.

Variety of Stimuli

A range of external factors or inputs that can provoke different sensory, cognitive, or emotional responses.