A "Universal Product Code" (UPC)

question 174

Multiple Choice

A "universal product code" (UPC) :

• A) identifies a product with a mark which can be "read" by electronic scanners.
• B) was required by the Federal Fair Packaging and Labeling Act.
• C) slows down the retail checkout process.
• D) involves placing the price per ounce on or near the product.
• E) All of these alternatives are correct.

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Definitions:

Higher Order Conditioning

A form of learning in which a stimulus is first made meaningful or significant through classical conditioning and then used itself as a basis for learning about some new stimulus.

Primary Reinforcers

Innate reinforcing stimuli that satisfy basic biological needs or desires, such as food, water, and sleep, without learning.

Secondary Reinforcers

Stimuli that acquire their reinforcing properties through their association with primary reinforcers, such as money getting its value from the things it can buy.

Schedules of Reinforcement

The specific patterns and timings of rewards or punishments that control the rate and timing of responses in operant conditioning.