MrWhitford's Fifth-Grade Students Sit Quietly and Continue Doing Their Work

question 118

Multiple Choice

Mr.Whitford's fifth-grade students sit quietly and continue doing their work when Mr.Whitford leaves the room because he rewards them with more recess time if they do so.Learning based on association of behavior with consequences is called

• A)classical conditioning.
• B)operant conditioning.
• C)the pleasure principle.
• D)the reality principle.

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Definitions:

Accurate Interpretation

The process of understanding or explaining the meaning of something in a way that is true to its nature or intent.

Words, Images, Gestures

Components of communication that include verbal language, visual elements, and body movements.

Contextualizing

The process of analyzing or placing information in a context to understand its relevance, meaning, or relationship to other information.

Problematic Ambiguity

The characteristic of a word or expression which can have multiple meanings such that uncertainty about exactly which meaning applies in a given context for a given purpose results in troublesome misunderstandings.