Describe the requirements and effects of temporal contiguity and behavioral discrepancy on
acquisition.
What will be an ideal response?
The students' response should include coverage of schedules of reinforcement, in
addition to simple definitions of temporal contiguity, behavioral discrepancy, and acquisition. An
exceptional answer would include specific references to US, UR, CS, and CR.
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During the seventeenth century, when European fur traders arrived, the Iroquois changed from a peace-loving tribe to fierce enemies of their neighbours, the Hurons. This suggests that
A) aggression is affected by innate propensities and learned inhibitory responses. B) economic and social competition can elicit aggression. C) instrumental aggression is inborn. D) aggressive instincts can even vary within a culture. E) evolution selected for aggressive behaviours.
People expect whales to be fish because they live in the sea. The recognition that whales are mammals requires a(n) __________ of existing schemas
a. assimilation c. learning b. accommodation d. formalizing