Interpretive Exercise Lucy and Tom Are High School Students with Learning Disabilities.In

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Essay

Interpretive Exercise
Lucy and Tom are high school students with learning disabilities.In comparison to eleventh graders nationally,Lucy's scores are significantly below average in reading and written expression.She excels in music and participates in extracurricular activities such as band and theater.Tom has strong verbal skills,but he is weak in math.He often forgets to write down homework assignments,even in areas of strength such as English,and his work is seldom completed on time.Tom has difficulty making friends and is described by his family as a loner.
-Given research on the effect of learning disabilities on motivation,describe patterns of behaviour that teachers are likely to observe in Lucy and Tom.

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Definitions:

Fixed-interval

A type of schedule in operant conditioning where a response is rewarded only after a specified amount of time has elapsed, leading to a pattern of response.

Variable-interval

Variable-interval describes a schedule of reinforcement where a response is rewarded after an unpredictable amount of time has passed, in operant conditioning.

Classical Conditioning

A method of learning in which two stimuli are consistently associated; the response initially produced by the second stimulus ultimately becomes triggered by just the first stimulus alone.

Extinction

The process through which the conditioned response is weakened by presenting the conditioned stimulus without the unconditioned stimulus, eventually leading to the cessation of the conditioned response.