A Hungry Pigeon Is in a Skinner Box and Is

question 56

Multiple Choice

A hungry pigeon is in a Skinner box and is pecking a key for access to food.The first food delivery occurs for the first peck after 1 minute has elapsed.The second occurs for the first peck after 3 minutes has elapsed.The third food delivery occurs for the first peck after 2 minutes has elapsed.All other pecks went unrewarded, but the pigeon did not receive access to food unless it pecked the key.The pigeon is most likely on a schedule of reinforcement.

• A)FR
• B)VR
• C)FI
• D)VI

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Definitions:

Pantheism

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

Classical Conditioning

A training approach that involves forming connections between a stimulus in the environment and one that occurs naturally.

Conditioned Response

An automatic response established by training to an ordinarily neutral stimulus.

Unconditioned Response

In classical conditioning, it's the automatic, natural reaction to an unconditioned stimulus without prior learning or conditioning.