Which of the Following Is NOT a Kind of Preference-Based

question 181

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is NOT a kind of preference-based discrimination?

• A) discrimination using statistics
• B) discrimination by employers
• C) discrimination by customers
• D) discrimination by employees

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Definitions:

Higher-order Conditioning

A conditioned response is linked to a new stimulus by associating the new stimulus with a previously conditioned stimulus.

Conditioned Stimulus

A previously neutral stimulus that, after association with an unconditioned stimulus, comes to trigger a conditioned response.

Neutral Stimulus

A stimulus that initially produces no specific response other than focusing attention before it is associated with an unconditioned stimulus.

Extinction

The process through which a conditioned response is weakened by presenting the conditioned stimulus without the unconditioned stimulus.