What Would Be the Consequence If We Were to Reverse

question 48

Multiple Choice

What would be the consequence if we were to reverse the direction of water flow over the gills of a fish, moving water inward past the operculum, past the gills, then out the mouth? This reversal of water flow would ________.

• A) reduce efficiency of gas exchange
• B) change the exchange of gases in the body from carbon dioxide out and oxygen in to carbon dioxide in and oxygen out
• C) increase the efficiency of gas exchange

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Definitions:

Latent Learning

Learning that occurs without any obvious reinforcement and is not demonstrated until there is an incentive to do so.

Fixed-interval

A method of reinforcement where rewards are dispensed for the initial response after a set time period has elapsed.

Variable-interval

A schedule of reinforcement where a response is rewarded after an unpredictable amount of time has passed, in behaviorism.

Positive Reinforcement

A process by which the likelihood of a behavior's occurrence is increased through the addition of a desirable stimulus immediately following the behavior.