Use a Graphing Utility to Graph the Function Over the Indicated

question 151

Essay

Use a graphing utility to graph the function over the indicated interval and approximate any local maxima and local minima. Determine where the function is increasing and where it is decreasing. If necessary, round answers to two
decimal places.
- $f ( x ) = 0.15 x ^ { 4 } + 0.3 x ^ { 3 } - 0.8 x ^ { 2 } + 5 ; ( - 4,2 )$

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Definitions:

Operant Conditioning

A learning process through which behavior is shaped and maintained by its consequences, including reinforcements and punishments.

Extinction

Extinction in behavioral psychology refers to the gradual weakening and disappearance of a conditioned response when the reinforcement is no longer provided.

Extinction

In behavioral psychology, the process whereby a learned response is reduced or eliminated, often as a result of repeated absence of the expected reinforcement.

Conditioned Stimulus

A previously neutral stimulus that, after being associated with an unconditioned stimulus, elicits a conditioned response.