A Bird That Learns to Avoid Attacking a Poisonous Frog

question 226

Multiple Choice

A bird that learns to avoid attacking a poisonous frog also avoids a similar looking, but harmless frog. This behavior is an example of

• A) shaping.
• B) extinction.
• C) generalization.
• D) the Premack principle.

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Definitions:

Confidence Interval

A band of numerical estimates, from sample data, seen as likely to include the value of an invisible population characteristic.

Sampling Distribution

The probability distribution of a given statistic based on many random samples from a specific population.

Normal Distribution

A bell-shaped curve that describes the spread of a characteristic throughout a population; it is symmetric and depicts that data near the mean are more frequent in occurrence.

Null Hypothesis

The hypothesis that there is no significant difference or effect, often denoted H0, in statistical hypothesis testing.