Morality and Self-Interest

question 51

Multiple Choice

Morality and self-interest

• A) can sometimes conflict.
• B) boil down to the same thing.
• C) can never come into genuine conflict.
• D) are in basic, irreconcilable conflict.

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Definitions:

Bar Pressing

A behavior in laboratory animals, like rats, trained to press a bar or lever to obtain food or water, used in research on learning and conditioning.

Conditioning Situation

A scenario or environment in which classical or operant conditioning occurs, thereby influencing learning or behavior.

Instinctive Drift

The tendency of an animal's learned behavior to revert to its instinctual behaviors over time, interfering with conditioned responses.

Operant Behavior

Operant behavior is a type of learning where behavior is controlled by consequences, including reinforcements and punishments.