Your Heart May Race When You Are Confronted by a Lion

question 143

Multiple Choice

Your heart may race when you are confronted by a lion but not when you are approached by a kitten.This best illustrates the adaptive value of

• A) operant behavior.
• B) discrimination.
• C) observational learning.
• D) spontaneous recovery.

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Definitions:

Multiple Correlation

A statistical technique that measures the strength of the relationship between a dependent variable and two or more independent variables.

Predictors

Variables in statistical models that are used to forecast or estimate another variable of interest.

Multiple Correlation R

Represents the strength and direction of a correlation between one dependent variable and two or more independent variables.

Significant

In statistics, significant means that an observed effect or relationship is unlikely to be due to chance, typically measured by a p-value.