In Using Operant Conditioning Principles to Train Animals to Perform

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Multiple Choice

In using operant conditioning principles to train animals to perform tricks, Keller and Marian Breland found that:

• A) reinforcement is the sole determinant of an animal's behavior.
• B) it is impossible to train cats to perform tricks.
• C) punishment is more effective than reinforcement in shaping animal behavior.
• D) an animal's inborn or instinctive behavior patterns could interfere with the operant conditioning of new behaviors.

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The highest level of force that can be generated by a muscle or a collection of muscles during one attempt.

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