What Motivates a Pigeon in an Operant Conditioning Experiment to Continue

question 11

Multiple Choice

What motivates a pigeon in an operant conditioning experiment to continue to respond throughout the early links in a chained schedule?

• A) Secondary reinforcers in the form of changes in key color at the end of each link
• B) Generalized reinforcers in the form of changes in key color at the end of each link
• C) Primary reinforcers in the form of changes in key color at the end of each link
• D) Primary reinforcers in the form of food at the end of each link

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Definitions:

Treatment Sum

The total sum of all the values of the outcome variable for a specific treatment level in an experimental design.

Squared Deviations

The squares of the differences between each data point in a data set and the mean of that data set, used in various statistical calculations.

Grand Mean

The grand mean is the mean of means, calculated by taking the average of the mean values from multiple groups or samples within the data.

Population Variances

A measure that indicates the degree to which individuals in a population vary or differ from the mean of the population.