An Experimenter Trains a Rat to Sit Up,then to Sit

question 34

Multiple Choice

An experimenter trains a rat to sit up,then to sit and raise one arm,then to wait for music before sitting up,and so forth.Eventually the rat responds to the "Star Spangled Banner" by raising the flag and saluting.This procedure combines which two procedures?​

• A)Shaping and chaining
• B)Classical conditioning and operant conditioning​
• C)Generalization and discrimination​
• D)Positive reinforcement and negative reinforcement​

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Definitions:

Imprinting

Learning to make a particular response to only one type of animal or object.

Sexual Selection

Changes in males and females, often due to male competition and female selectivity, leading to increased fitness.

Natural Selection

Mechanism of evolutionary change caused by environmental selection of organisms most fit to reproduce; results in adaptation to the environment.

Fixed-Action Pattern

A fixed-action pattern is a sequence of unlearned, innate behaviors that is triggered by a specific stimulus and is carried to completion once started.