On June 14, 2011, the Delaware Senate Approved a Gun

question 161

Multiple Choice

On June 14, 2011, the Delaware Senate approved a gun buyback program. The yearlong program would authorize the state to pay $100 for every gun turned over to police. What sort of guns should Delaware officials expect to get if this plan becomes law?

• A) Small guns, usually used as self-defense in bad neighborhoods.
• B) Heavy guns, usually used by criminals to support their illegal enterprises.
• C) Nonworking guns, usually kept in someone's back closet.
• D) Guns that use a lot of bullets very quickly.

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Definitions:

Spontaneous Recovery

The reappearance, after a pause, of an extinguished conditioned response.

Generalization

The tendency, once a response has been conditioned, for stimuli similar to the conditioned stimulus to elicit similar responses. In operant conditioning, generalization occurs when responses learned in one situation occur in other, similar situations.

Discrimination

The unfair or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people, often based on race, age, sex, or disability.

Classical Conditioning

An acquisition method where two stimuli are frequently paired; the response, at first prompted by the second stimulus, is later prompted by the first stimulus in isolation.