An Animal Trainer Is Conditioning an Elephant to Startle at the Sound

question 199

Multiple Choice

An animal trainer is conditioning an elephant to startle at the sound of a trombone. Every time she plays the trombone, she then shows the elephant a mouse, which startles the elephant. Eventually the elephant startles at just the sound of the trombone. However, after playing the trombone 10 more times, without a mouse appearing, the elephant exhibits no response. The result is an example of:

• A)generalization.
• B)spontaneous recovery.
• C)acquisition.
• D)extinction.

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Definitions:

Population Proportion

A measure that describes the fraction of individuals in a population having a particular trait or characteristic.

Sample Size

The number of observations or data points collected in a sample, which can influence the accuracy and reliability of statistical estimates.

Degrees of Freedom

Degrees of freedom refer to the number of values in a statistical calculation that are free to vary without violating the constraints of the calculation.

Population Standard Deviation

A measure of the dispersion or variability within a population data set, indicating how spread out the data points are from the mean.