Consider the Following Definition of a Recursive Method

question 46

Multiple Choice

Consider the following definition of a recursive method. public static int mystery(int[] list, int first, int last) {if (first == last) return list[first]; else return list[first] + mystery(list, first + 1, last) ;} Given the declaration int[] alpha = {1, 4, 5, 8, 9}; What is the output of the following statement? System.out.println(mystery(alpha, 0, 4) ) ;

• A) 1
• B) 18
• C) 27
• D) 32

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Definitions:

Stimulus Generalization

The process by which a response that has been learned to one stimulus is elicited by a different, but similar, stimulus.

Conditioned Stimulus

A previously neutral stimulus that, after becoming associated with the unconditioned stimulus, eventually comes to trigger a conditioned response.

Conditioned Response

A learned response to a previously neutral stimulus that has become associated with an unconditioned stimulus in classical conditioning.

Secondary Reinforcer

A stimulus that has become reinforcing through its association with a primary reinforcer.