What Term Is Given to Children Who Are Left Alone

question 21

Multiple Choice

What term is given to children who are left alone after school for an hour or more each day?

• A) Latchlings
• B) Self-care children
• C) Self-sitters
• D) Self-sufficient children

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Definitions:

Discriminated Stimuli

Stimuli in operant conditioning that signal when a particular response will lead to a certain outcome.

Detected Stimuli

Sensory input from the environment that is recognized and processed by the nervous system.

Signal-Detection Theory

The theory that perceiving or not perceiving a stimulus is actually a judgment about whether a momentary sensory experience is due to background noise alone or to the background noise plus a signal.

Classical Psychophysical

Relates to the traditional study of the relationships between physical stimuli and the sensations and perceptions they produce.