Rick Wrote a Song Entitled "Wonderful

question 14

Essay

Rick wrote a song entitled "Wonderful." At the bottom of the first page of music he wrote "1990 by Rick Reed." Four months later a local band was playing his song at a bar.Rick felt that the bar was an inappropriate setting for his music.What is his remedy?

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Definitions:

Generalization

The tendency, once a response has been conditioned, for stimuli similar to the conditioned stimulus to elicit similar responses. In operant conditioning, generalization occurs when responses learned in one situation occur in other, similar situations.

Discrimination

The unfair or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people, often based on race, age, sex, or disability.

Classical Conditioning

An acquisition method where two stimuli are frequently paired; the response, at first prompted by the second stimulus, is later prompted by the first stimulus in isolation.

Reinforcer

Any stimulus that, when presented after a behavior, increases the likelihood of that behavior occurring again in the future.