A Behavioral Psychologist Tries to Train a Bird to Climb

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Multiple Choice

A behavioral psychologist tries to train a bird to climb a tree to get a reward of a piece of fruit. At first, the bird learns how to climb the tree with its legs and beak. After a while, it starts flapping its wings and hopping around before it starts to climb. Eventually, the bird flies up to the piece of fruit, even though that prevents it from getting the fruit. According to the Brelands' analysis of biological constraints, the bird is demonstrating ________.

• A) response generalization
• B) that it was reverting to behavior that was instinctual for it
• C) the power of negative reinforcement
• D) the Law of Effect

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Definitions:

Group Polarization

The phenomenon that occurs when a group's prevailing attitudes or beliefs become more extreme following group discussions.

Attitude

A fairly stable evaluative tendency to respond consistently to some specific object, situation, person, or category of people.

Behaviour

The actions, reactions, or conduct of an individual or system in response to external or internal stimuli.

Direct Experience

Knowledge or skill acquisition that comes from personally engaging in a task or activity, as opposed to learning about it from others.