Toddlers taught to fear moving cans may also begin to fear moving trucks and mot

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Toddlers taught to fear moving cans may also begin to fear moving trucks and motorcycles. This illustrates a) generalization. b) secondary reinforcement. c) shaping. d) spontaneous recovery. 17) A fixed ratio schedule of reinforcement is one in which a response is reinforced only after aln) a) specified time period has elapsed. b) unpredictable time period has elapsed. c) specified number of responses have been made. d) unpredictable number of responses have been made. g child who is spanked after running into the street leans not to repeat this behavior. In this case, the spanking is a a) positive reinforcer. b) negative reinforcer. c) positive punishment. d) negative punishment 19) Two years ago, the de Castellane Manufacturing Company included its employees in a profit-sharing plan in which workers receive semiannual bonuses based on the company's profits. Since this plan was initiated, worker productivity at de Castellane has nearly doubled. This productivity increase is best explained in terms of a) latent learning. b) operant conditioning. c) classical conditioning. d) spontaneous recovery. 20) Our ability to learn by witnessing the behavior of the others best illustrates a) respondent behavior. b) prosocial behavior. c) operant conditioning. d) observational learning 21) Jamille is taking French in school. She gets her best grades on vocabulary tests if she studies for 15 minutes every day for 8 days than if she crams for 2 hours the night before the test. This illustrates what is known as a) the spacing effect. b) the serial position effect. c) state-dependent memory d) automatic processing. 22) Children often imitate behaviors seen on television. This best illustrates the impact of a) modeling. b) respondent behavior. c) immediate reinforcement. d) spontaneous recovery

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Ans 16 : generalization

When the toddlers are taught to fear moving cars they begin to fear other automobiles too such as trucks and motorcycles. This happens because they have generalized all the moving vehicles as dangerous to their lives and so they keep away from all of them.

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