The Digital Age Is

question 27

Multiple Choice

The digital age is:

• A) the gap between those fully able to participate in the digital age and those without access to electricity, the Internet, and mobile phones.
• B) social struggles for worker rights and democracy that are aided by social media, mobile phones, and electronic communication.
• C) those born after the 1980s; this generation has spent their lives using devices like smartphones and laptops.
• D) the era defined by the proliferation of high-speed communication technologies, social networking, and personal computing.
• E) the generation that uses technology, but in a process more akin to learning a new culture or language.

Understand advanced concepts in conditioning such as stimulus generalization, discrimination, and higher-order conditioning.

Identify and explain the law of effect and its role in operant conditioning.

Understand how conditioned responses can impact physical health and psychological conditioning.

Apply conditioning principles to the development and treatment of phobias and addictive behaviors.

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Definitions:

Genotypes

The genetic makeup of an individual, including both visible characteristics and those not outwardly apparent.

Adaptive

Characterizes the ability of an organism or system to adjust or change in response to new environments or conditions.

Specialized Structures

Physiological or anatomical parts of an organism adapted for a specific function or environment.

Biological Development

The process of growth and change in living organisms, encompassing physical, genetic, and hormonal changes that occur from conception to maturity.