You Decide That You Are Going to Condition Your Dog

question 106

Multiple Choice

You decide that you are going to condition your dog to salivate to the sound of a bell. You sound the bell and then several minutes later you give the dog a biscuit. You do this several times but no conditioning seems to occur. This is probably because __________

• A) the bell was not a distinctive sound.
• B) the bell should have been sounded after the animal ate the biscuit.
• C) you should have had an even longer interval between the bell and the biscuit.
• D) the biscuit was given too long after the sound of the bell.

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Definitions:

Main Connective

The main connective in a logical expression is the operator that determines the truth value of the entire expression, generally by combining the truth values of its component parts.

Symbolize

To represent or stand for something else, often an abstract idea, by means of symbols.

Main Connective

The logical operator in a compound proposition that determines the proposition's overall truth value.

Truth Table

A table used in logic to determine the validity of a proposition by listing all possible scenarios and their corresponding truth values.