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Suppose that a researcher is interested in studying the work habits of young adults.The researcher hypothesizes that persons first married in their twenties tend to work an average of 5 hours more per week than persons not first married in their twenties.What are the independent and dependent variables?


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Stimulus Generalization

The tendency for the conditioned response to be evoked by stimuli that are similar to the conditioned stimulus.

Resistance To Extinction

The phenomenon where a learned behavior persists even after the reinforcement previously maintaining it is removed, highlighting the behavior's resilience.

Conditioned Stimuli

Previously neutral stimuli that, after association with an unconditioned stimulus, elicit a conditioned response.

Unconditioned Stimuli

A stimulus that naturally triggers a reflexive response without prior conditioning.

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