PSY 319 Questions with correct Answers (Exam 2)

why are planaria so extensively studied? - Answer because they are the most primitive biological group with neural features like brains of the 2 groups in the planaria study the group that was able to turn off the light by intercepting the electric eye - Answer passed the eye more than the other group demonstrating that they learned from consequences if a behavior is started and maintained (strengthened by becoming more likely or more intense) due to a consequence that consequence is considered - Answer a reinforcer of that behavior if a behavior declines in the sense of becoming less likely or less intense (weakened) because of a consequence that consequence is considered - Answer a punisher with regard to sensory consequences boredom is taken as a sign that - Answer the reinforcers are absent or insufficient