A Projectile Is Fired from Ground Level on a Horizontal

question 58

Multiple Choice

A projectile is fired from ground level on a horizontal plain. If the initial speed of the projectile is now doubled, and we neglect air resistance,

• A) its range will quadruple.
• B) its range will double.
• C) its range will be decreased by a factor of two.
• E) its range will decrease by a factor of four.

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Definitions:

Discrimination Learning Stages

The phases through which an organism passes when learning to respond differently to various stimuli, improving its ability to differentiate between them.

Hull And Spence

Psychologists Clark L. Hull and Kenneth Spence are known for their contributions to behaviorist theory, especially regarding motivation and learning processes.

Stimulus Generalization

the tendency for the conditioned response to be elicited by stimuli that are similar but not identical to the conditioned stimulus.

Conditioned Inhibition

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