Almost All Organisms Alive Today Evolved from Marine Creatures Alive

question 8

Multiple Choice

Almost all organisms alive today evolved from marine creatures alive at the beginning of the:

• A)Cenozoic era
• B)Precambrian time
• C)Jurassic period
• D)Paleozoic era

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Definitions:

Organizational Behavior

The study of how individuals and groups act within the constructs of an organization, and the impact these behaviors have on organizational functioning.

Intermittent Reinforcement

A conditioning schedule where a response is only sometimes reinforced, known to significantly increase the rate of response and resistance to extinction.

Continuous Reinforcement

A form of learning in which a behavior is reinforced every time it occurs, leading to rapid acquisition of the behavior.

Extinction

In behavioral psychology, the gradual weakening and eventual disappearance of a conditioned response, typically because the reinforcement is withheld.