What Do the Following Discoveries Have in Common: Skinner's Extinction

question 28

Multiple Choice

What do the following discoveries have in common: Skinner's extinction curve and Hubel and Wiesel's feature detectors?

• A)both examples of research ideas resulting from everyday observations
• B)both examples of research deduced logically from theory
• C)both examples of a serendipitous finding
• D)both examples of failures to replicate

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