CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

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GROWTH DEVELOPMENT CHILD

OPERANT CONDITIONING

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Your cat comes to you when he hears the electric can opener you use to open his food, as well as when he hears the garbage disposal. In this example, your cat is demonstrating stimulus:
A
discrimination
B
generalization
C
Either A or B
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Example: In the cat example in Key Term 3, the cat’s response of running to the kitchen and salivating when it hears the can opener is the conditioned response.

Detailed explanation-2: -The correct answer to this question is provided by option D: An infant is tired of looking at his mobile. Habituation can be understood as a process that occurs through the repeated presentation of a stimulus and results in a decreased response to the stimulus.

Detailed explanation-3: -Definition. Stimulus generalization is the tendency of a new stimulus to evoke responses or behaviors similar to those elicited by another stimulus. For example, Ivan Pavlov conditioned dogs to salivate using the sound of a bell and food powder.

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