Guide Dogs Must Learn Each of the Following Except

question 21

Multiple Choice

Guide dogs must learn each of the following except

• A)keep on a direct route, ignoring distractions.
• B)see when a traffic light has changed color.
• C)stop at all curbs until told to go.
• D)lie quietly when the handler is sitting down.

Understand the concepts of goal-setting and goal pursuit in motivational psychology.

Grasp the implications of research findings on the effectiveness of money, feedback, and social recognition as forms of positive reinforcement.

Understand the concept of marginal utility and how it relates to consumer demand.

Describe the law of supply and its reasons.

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Definitions:

Operant Conditioning

A method of learning that occurs through rewards and punishments for behavior, through which an association is made between a behavior and a consequence for that behavior.

Behaviorists

Psychologists who focus on observable behaviors and the ways in which learning influences behavior, often through conditioning.

B. F. Skinner

A psychologist and behaviorist who developed the theory of operant conditioning - the idea that behavior is determined by its consequences.

Secondary Reinforcer

A stimulus that gains its reinforcing power through its association with a primary reinforcer.