A Rat in a Skinner Box Is Going Through Several

question 28

Multiple Choice

A rat in a Skinner box is going through several training sessions where the light that illuminates the box is alternately turned on and off.When the light is on, a bar press will produce food.When the light is off, bar pressing goes unrewarded.We soon observe that the rat presses vigorously when the light is on and ignores the bar when the light is off.This illustrates

• A)stimulus control.
• B)operant extinction.
• C)stimulus generalization.
• D)a resistance to extinction.

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Definitions:

Regression Analysis

A statistical method for estimating the relationships among variables, typically one dependent variable and one or more independent variables.

Categorical Data

Data that can be sorted into categories based on qualitative properties or attributes, such as names or labels.

Numerical Data

Information that can be measured or counted and represented in numbers and values.

Multicollinearity

A statistical phenomenon in which two or more independent variables in a regression model are highly correlated, potentially distorting the results.