Suppose You Allow an Infant Several Minutes to "Study" a Checkerboard

question 52

Multiple Choice

Suppose you allow an infant several minutes to "study" a checkerboard pattern.Then you present a checkerboard with a different number of squares and measure changes to his or her brain waves.What research method would you be using?

• A)preferential looking
• B)dishabituation
• C)evoked potential
• D)enriched perception

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Definitions:

Operant Conditioning

An approach to learning where behavioral potency is changed through the implementation of incentives or consequences.

Classical Conditioning

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Contingency Management

A behavior modification technique that involves changing behavior by modifying the consequences, typically through rewards or punishments, that follow that behavior.

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