When You Attempt to Buy a Soda from a Machine

question 38

Multiple Choice

When you attempt to buy a soda from a machine, you only do so if the lights are on. According to Skinner, the lights on the soda machine are

• A)positive reinforcement.
• B)a discriminative stimulus.
• C)a signal for extinction.
• D)a conditioned stimulus.

Understand and define the medical interventions used in the treatment of male reproductive disorders.

Understand the relationship between input costs, output prices, and profit maximization.

Apply production functions to calculate optimal levels of inputs for profit maximization.

Determine the optimal mixture of multiple inputs based on their relative costs and production function.

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Definitions:

Classical Conditioning

A training method where two signals are consistently linked together, leading to a reaction initially triggered by the second signal being subsequently triggered by the first signal alone.

Acquisition

Acquisition refers to the initial stage of learning when a response is first established or the phase during which a new behavior is being learned.

Extinction

In psychology, the process through which a previously reinforced behavior is weakened by the removal or absence of reinforcement.

Conditioned Taste Aversion

An acquired response where an individual avoids consuming a certain food or drink because it has been associated with an unpleasant outcome, such as nausea or sickness.