____ Is a Term Suggested by Skinner to Indicate a Response

question 152

Multiple Choice

____ is a term suggested by Skinner to indicate a response that can be changed by its consequences and is a unit of behavior that can be easily measured.

• A) Prepared response
• B) Conditioned response
• C) Effect response
• D) Operant response

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Definitions:

Paired Buzzer-shock

A conditioning technique involving the pairing of a neutral stimulus (buzzer) with an aversive stimulus (shock) to provoke a response.

Fear Response

The fear response is an emotional and physiological reaction to perceived threats, activating the body's fight-or-flight response.

Extinction

Extinction, in psychology, is the process through which a conditioned response decreases or disappears as a result of repeated exposure without the unconditioned stimulus.

Conditioned Stimulus

An originally neutral stimulus that, after association with an unconditioned stimulus, comes to trigger a conditioned response.