A Participant Is Asked to Report Every Time He or She

question 35

Short Answer

A participant is asked to report every time he or she sees a faint light. If rewards are offered for correctly reporting the presence of the light, but no punishment for reporting it when it is absent, the participant will make many ____________________ but also many ____________________.

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Definitions:

Genes

The basic physical and functional units of heredity, made up of DNA sequences that instruct how organisms are built and function.

Hereditary Characteristics

Traits and features that are passed from parents to offspring through genes.

Negatively Charged Particle

An elementary particle with a negative electric charge, such as an electron.

Nucleus

The central and most important part of an atom, containing protons and neutrons, or a membrane-bound organelle found in eukaryotic cells containing genetic material.