Who Used the Mechanistic View of the World to State

question 22

Multiple Choice

Who used the mechanistic view of the world to state that the heart was a mechanical pump?

• A) Andreas Vesalius
• B) William Harvey
• C) Herman Boerhaave
• D) Robert Boyle
• E) Paracelsus

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Definitions:

Consistently

Consistently means acting or behaving in the same way over time, especially to maintain a standard or repeat a specific outcome.

Intermittent Reinforcement

A conditioning schedule where a response is only sometimes reinforced, leading to more resistant and persistent behavior patterns.

Resistance to Extinction

The persistence of a learned behavior even after reinforcement is no longer given.

Delayed Reinforcement

A method in behavior psychology where a reward or punishment is given some time after the desired or undesired behavior, which can impact the effectiveness of the reinforcement.