Six-Year-Old Sam Asks Only His Dad If He Can Stay

question 137

Multiple Choice

Six-year-old Sam asks only his Dad if he can stay up past his bedtime and never asks his Mom. Which term could be used to describe Sam's father?

• A)generalized stimulus
• B)reinforcement
• C)discriminative stimulus
• D)schedule of reinforcement

---

Definitions:

Height

The measurement of an object or person from base to top.

Example

A representative part or a single item from a larger whole or group, especially when used to illustrate or explain a topic.

Inherent Zero

A zero point that indicates an absence of the quantity under measurement, giving a true zero value meaning in the context.

Ratio Scale

A scale of measurement that has a meaningful zero value and allows for comparisons of absolute magnitudes and the computation of ratios.