If You Give a Child Her Favorite Licorice Candy for Doing

question 129

Multiple Choice

If you give a child her favorite licorice candy for doing well in school, and she continues to do well in school, the licorice candy is

• A)a reward and a reinforcer.
• B)a reward, but not a reinforcer.
• C)a reinforcer, but not a reward.
• D)neither a reinforcer nor a reward.

Understand the concept of resting and action potentials within neurons.

Describe the process of receiving and transmitting information within the nervous system.

Explain the all-or-none principle and its implications for neural firing and intensity of stimulus.

Understand the importance of synaptic potentials (excitatory and inhibitory) in neural activity regulation.

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