A Decreasing Number of Fish Have Been Recorded in a Nearby

question 84

Essay

A decreasing number of fish have been recorded in a nearby lake. Design a research project, using the scientific method, to explain this observation. List and explain every step of your research.

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Definitions:

Variable Number

A quantity or element that may vary or change within the context of a situation or experiment.

Stimulus Discrimination

The learned ability to respond differently to similar stimuli based on their differences, significant in the context of conditioning.

Stimulus Generalization

The tendency for the conditioned response to be evoked by stimuli that are similar to the stimulus to which the response was initially conditioned.

Higher-Order Conditioning

A process in classical conditioning where a stimulus that was previously neutral becomes a conditioned stimulus by being paired with another conditioned stimulus.