A Conditional Discrimination Is So Named Because

question 46

Multiple Choice

A conditional discrimination is so named because

• A) reinforcement is required for performance to occur.
• B) the correct stimulus choice on any trial depends on which stimulus preceded it.
• C) correct responding depends on identical testing conditions for every training session.
• D) most discrimination learning requires differential conditioning of the training stimuli.

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Definitions:

Variance

A measure of the dispersion of a set of data points around their mean; the average of the squared differences from the Mean.

Degrees of Freedom

The number of independent values or quantities that can freely vary in the analysis of statistical calculations without violating any constraints.

Exponential Distribution

A continuous probability distribution used to model the time between events in a process with a constant rate.

Probability

The mathematical analysis of events governed by chance, quantifying how likely they are to happen.