A Top-Down Analysis Is _____, Whereas a Bottom-Down Analysis _____

question 41

Multiple Choice

A top-down analysis is _____, whereas a bottom-down analysis _____.

• A) information first; theme first
• B) information first; theory first
• C) theory first; information first
• D) theory first; prediction first

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Definitions:

Operant Conditioning

A learning process through which behavior is shaped and maintained by its consequences, including rewards and punishments.

Respondent Behavior

A type of behavior that occurs as an automatic response to a specific stimulus, often reflexive and not under conscious control, such as knee-jerk reactions.

Shaping

A method of teaching new behaviors by rewarding successive approximations of the target behavior.

Reinforcement

In psychology, a stimulus or event that follows a behavior and increases the likelihood of that behavior being repeated.