Operant Conditioning Is Important Because It Is Adaptive To

question 142

Multiple Choice

Operant conditioning is important because it is adaptive to:

• A)be able to learn about consequences of behavior without direct experience
• B)learn to ignore events that are of little long-term significance
• C)learn about the consequences of behavioral responses
• D)learn what events in the environment signal

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Definitions:

Extras

Extras refers to additional items or people beyond what is necessary, often enhancing or completing something.

Attentional Blink

A momentary lapse in visual processing that occurs when two stimuli are presented in close succession.

Stroop Effect

A demonstration of interference in the reaction time of a task, where naming the color of the word takes longer and is more prone to errors when the color of the ink does not match the name of the color.

Synaptic Connections

The points at which neurons communicate with each other through the release and reception of chemical messengers called neurotransmitters.