On the First Floor of Your Dormitory Are Two Vending

question 158

Multiple Choice

On the first floor of your dormitory are two vending machines. The one on the left always works; the one on the right is usually broken. You therefore put your money only in the machine on the left. This illustrates which aspect of operant conditioning?

• A) stimulus generalization
• B) discrimination
• C) belongingness
• D) shaping

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Definitions:

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