A Pigeon's Behavior Is Reinforced for Pecking Images of Picasso

question 180

Multiple Choice

A pigeon's behavior is reinforced for pecking images of Picasso paintings but not for pecking images of Monet paintings.After such training,it correctly pecks pictures of other Cubist artists it has never seen before but does not peck other never-before-seen impressionistic paintings.This example illustrates the behavioral processes of _____;in cognitive terms,each Picasso painting represents a(n) _____ of a category.

• A)positive and negative reinforcement;prototype
• B)positive and negative reinforcement;exemplar
• C)generalization and discrimination;prototype
• D)generalization and discrimination;exemplar

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