If You Were to Observe a Pulsar, What Would You

question 34

Multiple Choice

If you were to observe a pulsar, what would you see?

• A) a blinking red glow
• B) intermittent radio waves
• C) a steady glow that oscillates among the stars
• D) the sudden brightening of a star
• E) the total eclipse of the Sun

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Definitions:

Spontaneous Recovery

Following a period without exposure to the conditioned stimulus, a conditioned response that had previously disappeared resurfaces.

Shaping

A process in behavioral psychology that involves reinforcing behaviors that are successively closer to the desired action.

Stimulus Generalization

The tendency for the conditioned response to be evoked by stimuli that are similar to the stimulus to which the response was conditioned.

Stimulus Discrimination

The ability to differentiate between similar stimuli and respond appropriately to each.