A Farmer Is Being Troubled by Coyotes Eating His Sheep

question 16

Multiple Choice

A farmer is being troubled by coyotes eating his sheep. In an attempt to solve the problem, he kills a sheep and laces its body with a nausea-inducing drug. He leaves the sheep out where he knows the coyotes roam. He hopes they will learn not to eat the sheep. The farmer is attempting to apply the principle of ________ to accomplish this.

• A) observational learning
• B) latent learning
• C) instrumental conditioning
• D) conditioned food aversions
• E) intermittent reinforcement

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Definitions:

Substance

A fundamental or essential component of a matter; often refers to the material from which something is made.

Gift Causa Mortis

A gift made in contemplation of imminent death where the giver transfers personal property to another, with the gift becoming permanent if the giver dies as contemplated.

Exclusive Possession

The right of an individual or entity to use and control property to the exclusion of others.