The Empirical Evidence Suggests Which of the Following Does NOT

question 4

Multiple Choice

The empirical evidence suggests which of the following does NOT affect the refusal rate?

• A)Nature of the respondent
• B)Sponsor of the research
• C)Nature of the subject
• D)Circumstances surrounding the contact
• E)They all affect the refusal rate.

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Definitions:

Stimulus Discrimination

The learned ability to respond differently to similar stimuli based on their differences, significant in the context of conditioning.

Stimulus Generalization

The tendency for the conditioned response to be evoked by stimuli that are similar to the stimulus to which the response was initially conditioned.

Higher-Order Conditioning

A process in classical conditioning where a stimulus that was previously neutral becomes a conditioned stimulus by being paired with another conditioned stimulus.

Shaping

A method of teaching new behaviors by rewarding successive approximations toward a desired behavior.