Toby Likes to Play with His Sister's Cat, but He

question 56

Multiple Choice

Toby likes to play with his sister's cat, but he often plays "too rough" with the cat. So, every time Toby begins to terrorize his sister's cat, his mother takes the cat and puts it in another room away from Toby. Toby's rough treatment of his sister's cat will

• A) be shaped using stimulus control.
• B) be reduced through nonreinforcement.
• C) develop into a phobia through classical conditioning.
• D) be eliminated through aversive conditioning.

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Definitions:

Codon

A sequence of three nucleotides in messenger RNA (mRNA) that specifies the addition of a specific amino acid to a growing polypeptide chain during protein synthesis.

AUG

The codon for methionine in messenger RNA (mRNA), serving as the initiation signal for translation in protein synthesis.

UAA

A stop codon in the genetic code that signals the end of a protein-coding sequence in mRNA transcription.

Messenger RNA

A molecule that carries genetic information from DNA to the ribosome, where it directs protein synthesis.