Mel Is 17 Years Old but Looks Older Than 18

question 10

True/False

Mel is 17 years old but looks older than 18. He makes a contract to buy a car from Maisie, who is the age of majority. When Maisie finds out Mel's age, she may avoid the contract even if Mel did not misrepresent his age.

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Definitions:

Reinforcement

In behavioral psychology, a process by which a behavior becomes more likely to occur because it is followed by a reward or the removal of an unpleasant stimulus.

Spontaneous Recovery

The reappearance of a previously extinguished response after a period without exposure to the conditioned stimulus.

Conditioned Stimulus

An initially neutral trigger that, after being paired with an unconditioned stimulus, in time invokes a conditioned response.

Unconditioned Stimulus

A stimulus that inherently and instinctively induces a reaction without the need for previous learning.