The Morris Water Maze Is Used to Examine Spatial Learning

question 48

Multiple Choice

The Morris water maze is used to examine spatial learning in animals. Mice, who are good swimmers, are placed in a large pool of water and must learn to find a clear platform located just under the water surface. The platform is their only escape from the pool. If they do not find the platform, they have to continue swimming until we take them out.
If we think that we may have some aberrant times, what is the best way to identify them?

• A) create a boxplot
• B) prepare a stem-and-leaf display
• C) use a pie chart
• D) calculate the variance

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Recognize the importance of the flow state in job satisfaction and employee motivation.

Understand different leadership styles, their characteristics, and implications in workplace dynamics.

Identify the roles and contributions of psychology specialists in solving work-related problems.

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Definitions:

2:1 Contingency

A reinforcement schedule where two responses are required for one reinforcement to be given.

Matching Law

A principle stating that in a situation with multiple options for reinforcement, the proportion of responses directed toward an option matches the proportion of reinforcers obtained from that option.

Ratio Schedules

In operant conditioning, schedules that deliver reinforcement after a certain number of responses have been made, either fixed or variable.

Interval Schedules

A type of operant conditioning reinforcement schedule where the first response is rewarded only after a specified amount of time has elapsed.