In Order to Determine Whether Animals Understand Categories, Which of the Following

question 76

Multiple Choice

In order to determine whether animals understand categories, which of the following conditioning procedures would be used?

• A) Discrimination training
• B) Shaping and reinforcement
• C) Heterogeneous chaining
• D) Aversive conditioning

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