When Doing a Physics Problem, You Were Asked to Calculate

question 6

Multiple Choice

When doing a physics problem, you were asked to calculate how fast a car was going in a particular situation. You came up with an answer of 230 m/s. You want to check if this is plausible, by converting this number into more familiar units: kilometres per hour. What is 230 m/s when converted into kilometres per hour, and is this a plausible speed for a car?

• A)230 km/hr: not plausible
• B)828 km/hr: not plausible
• C)64 km/hr: plausible
• D)2.3 km/hr: plausible
• E)23 km/hr: plausible

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Definitions:

Conditioning

According to behaviorism, the processes of learning. The word conditioning emphasizes the importance of repeated experiences, as when an athlete conditions his or her body by training day after day.

Neutral Stimulus

A stimulus that initially produces no specific response other than focusing attention until it is associated with an unconditioned stimulus.

Positive Reinforcement

A technique used in behavior analysis to increase the likelihood of a desired response by adding a reward after the desired behavior is exhibited.

Restructured Ideas

Concepts or theories that have been revised or reorganized to incorporate new information or perspectives.