Assume That the Deschutes River Has Straight and Parallel Banks

question 18

Multiple Choice

Assume that the Deschutes River has straight and parallel banks and that the current is 0.75 m/s.Drifting down the river,you fall out of your boat and immediately grab a piling of the Warm Springs Bridge.You hold on for 40 s and then swim after the boat with a speed relative to the water of 0.95 m/s.The distance of the boat downstream from the bridge when you catch it is

• A)67 m.
• B)90 m.
• C)78 m.
• D)54 m.
• E)120 m.

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Definitions:

Buzzer

A device that produces a buzzing sound, often used as a signal or alarm.

Unconditioned Response

A spontaneous and inherent response to a stimulus that happens without previous learning or conditioning.

Spontaneous Recovery

The reappearance, after a pause, of an extinguished conditioned response in classical conditioning.

Extinction

In behavioral psychology, the process by which a conditioned response decreases in frequency and eventually disappears when the conditioned stimulus is no longer paired with the unconditioned stimulus.