A pigeon learns to peck at a circle for food. The fact that it also pecks at an oval describes
a. operant response substitution.
b. shaping.
c. operant stimulus generalization.
d. response chaining.
ANSWER: c
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According to your text, which of the following statements is correct concerning challenges to Piaget's theories?
A) Piaget's assessments of infants have been largely discredited by modern researchers. B) Piaget underestimated the cognitive abilities of infants. C) Piaget overestimated the cognitive abilities of infants. D) Piaget failed to take ethnicity into account when he studied infants.
Casey hears a rattling sound as she hikes through the desert. Her muscles tense, her blood pressure rises, and her digestion shuts down. According to Hans Selye, she is in the:
a. chronic stress phase. b. alarm phase. c. exhaustion phase. d. resistance phase.