The Goal of Acquired Drive Experiments Is to

question 64

Multiple Choice

The goal of acquired drive experiments is to

• A) examine the role of conditioned reinforcers in the control of appetitive behaviors.
• B) explore how classical conditioning and instrumental conditioning make separate contributions to avoidance behaviors.
• C) demonstrate the role of punishment in the control of instrumental behaviors.
• D) examine the role played by omission training in the development of conditioned reinforcers.

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Definitions:

UCS

An abbreviation for Unconditioned Stimulus, a stimulus in classical conditioning that automatically triggers a response without any prior learning.

Determinism

The philosophical concept that all events, including moral choices, are determined completely by previously existing causes.

Structuralism

a method of interpretation and analysis in psychology, linguistics, and anthropology that views elements of human culture in terms of their relationship to a larger, overarching system or structure.

Pantheism

The belief or doctrine that God is identical with the universe, or that everything composes an all-encompassing, immanent God.