A Type of Bird Similar to a Chickadee Learns to Peck

question 22

Multiple Choice

A type of bird similar to a chickadee learns to peck through the cardboard tops of milk bottles left on doorsteps and drink the cream from the top. What term best applies to this behavior?

• A)sign stimulus
• B)habituation
• C)imprinting
• D)classical conditioning
• E)operant conditioning

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Definitions:

Utility Function

A mathematical representation of how different combinations of goods or services generate levels of happiness or satisfaction to the consumer.

Utility

A measure of the satisfaction or happiness that a person derives from consuming goods and services.

Marginal Rate

Refers to the rate at which one quantity changes with respect to a change in another, commonly used in economics to describe the marginal rate of substitution or marginal rate of transformation.

Indifference Map

A collection of indifference curves that graphically represent a consumer's preferences across different combinations of two goods.