Although Adam Didn't Care for the Taste of Fried Green

question 91

Multiple Choice

Although Adam didn't care for the taste of fried green tomatoes,he began eating them when he saw that his classmates were doing so.His behavior best illustrates the importance of

• A) the male answer syndrome.
• B) androgyny.
• C) a pruning process.
• D) peer influence.

Grasp the principles of discriminative stimuli and stimulus control in operant conditioning.

Understand the concepts and applications of shaping, chaining, and successive approximations in behavioral training.

Recognize the real-world applications and examples of conditioning and shaping behavior in humans and animals.

Identify the impact of immediate reinforcement on behavior and its role in habit formation, such as addiction.

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