Compare the Number of Vertebrate Animals with the Number of Invertebrate

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Essay

Compare the number of vertebrate animals with the number of invertebrate animals.

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Definitions:

Generalization Test Stimuli

Stimuli that are not exactly the same as the conditioned stimulus but are similar enough to elicit the conditioned response, used to test the breadth of stimulus generalization.

Behavioral Contrast

The phenomenon in which the rate of response varies according to a change in reinforcement conditions, usually in operant conditioning.

Transposition

Köhler’s idea that animals learn relationships between stimuli and that they respond to different stimuli based on the same relationship as the original training stimuli.

Occasion Setting

The ability of one stimulus to enhance the response to another stimulus.