A Pigeon Is Presented with a Brief Presentation of a Red

question 64

Multiple Choice

A pigeon is presented with a brief presentation of a red key light,followed by a delay,and then a choice between a red key light and a green key light.If the pigeon pecks the red key light,a food reinforcer is delivered.In order to correctly perform in this task,the pigeon will

• A) respond to the red light and inhibit responding to the green light.
• B) respond to the red light.
• C) inhibit responding to the green light.
• D) In cannot be determined.

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Standard Deviation

A measure of the dispersion or variability within a set of data points, indicating how much the values deviate from the mean of the set.

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Standard Deviation

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