As a marine biologist, you are trying to teach a dolphin to jump over a bar. At first, you reward the dolphin every time it swims near the bar. Then, you only reward her when she emerges from the water near the bar
Eventually, you reward the dolphin each time she jumps out of the water. Then, you only reward the dolphin when she jumps over the bar. This technique is an example of
a. classical conditioning.
b. spontaneous recovery.
c. discrimination.
d. shaping.
e. positive punishment.
d. shaping.
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A) Ulric's heart is pounding before his speech in world history, so he decides that he is nervous. B) After several fast dances, Mario decides his date looks really good tonight. C) Norton sees Millie and his heart begins to race at the same time he feels excited. D) Benny notices that his heart races whenever Gloria is around and decides he is in love.
Jonah usually does better on IQ tests than Tamara. He would also probably do better:
a. On verbal tasks b. On tasks that include many different activities c. On tasks that require quick choices d. When given extended time to complete the task