The Goal of the Apollo 11 Moon Flight Was to Put

question 79

Multiple Choice

The goal of the Apollo 11 moon flight was to put a man on the moon. According to Charles Garfield, who worked at NASA on the Apollo mission, Apollo 11 was off-course 90 percent of the time between here and the moon. But the crew of Apollo 11 used__________ that allowed it to make rapid course corrections.

• A) performance feedback
• B) goal congruity
• C) goal specificity
• D) goal difficulty
• E) goal acceptance

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Definitions:

Probability

A measure of the likelihood that an event will occur, often expressed as a number between 0 and 1.

Behavior

The actions or reactions of a person or animal in response to external or internal stimuli.

Punishment

The imposition of a penalty as a result of an offense, with the intention of decreasing a specific behavior or action through negative consequences.

Skinner Box

An experimental apparatus designed by B.F. Skinner for studying behavioral conditioning in animals, typically involving a lever and a food dispenser.