Amber and Lisa Are Identical Twins

question 110

Multiple Choice

Amber and Lisa are identical twins.They were separated at birth and raised to adulthood in completely different families without contact with one another.Greg and James are fraternal twins separated at birth and raised to adulthood in completely different families without contact with one another.Based only on this information,you would expect the difference in adult IQ scores between Lisa and Amber to be ____the difference between Greg and James.

• A) greater than
• B) similar to
• C) less than
• D) identical to

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Definitions:

Shaping

A method of teaching new behaviors by successively reinforcing behaviors that approximate the target behavior.

Higher-Order Conditioning

A type of learning where a new stimulus becomes associated with an already conditioned stimulus, resulting in the same conditioned response.

Spontaneous Recovery

Following a period without exposure to the conditioned stimulus, a conditioned response that had previously disappeared resurfaces.

Shaping

A process in behavioral psychology that involves reinforcing behaviors that are successively closer to the desired action.