What Ideas Brought a Renewed Interest to the Idea of Continental

question 34

Multiple Choice

What ideas brought a renewed interest to the idea of continental drift?

• A) data that a submarine mountain occurred beneath the middle of the Atlantic Ocean
• B) evidence that the entire Earth was once frozen
• C) evidence that similar meteorites fall on different continents
• D) evidence that a large meteorite caused extinction of the dinosaurs

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Definitions:

Operant Conditioning

A learning process in which the consequences of a behavior influence the likelihood of that behavior being repeated.

Classical Conditioning

The method of learning by forming associations between a stimulus found in the environment and one that occurs intrinsically.

Law of Effect

A psychological principle stating that behaviors followed by positive outcomes are likely to be repeated, while those followed by negative outcomes are not.

Thorndike

Refers to Edward L. Thorndike, an American psychologist famous for his work on learning theory that led to the development of operant conditioning within behaviorism.