Which of the Following Is NOT an Empirical Question

question 217

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is NOT an empirical question?

• A) "Will you get an A in this class?"
• B) "Is there life on Mars?"
• C) "Did the universe start with a big bang?"
• D) "Would Martin Luther King, Jr. have been a good president?"

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Definitions:

Spontaneous Recovery

A phenomenon in learning where a previously extinguished response re-emerges after a pause in exposure to the conditioning stimulus.

Learned Response

A behavior developed as the result of conditioning, where an individual learns to respond in a certain way to a specific stimulus.

CS (Conditioned Stimulus)

A stimulus that was neutral but becomes associated with an unconditioned stimulus to elicit a conditioned response in classical conditioning.

Classical Conditioning

A learning process that creates associations between a naturally occurring stimulus and a previously neutral stimulus.