Resistance to extinction - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Ecology (1) Ans: - interaction between organisms and their environment - typically describe the relationship between living organisms and their specific biome Ecology (2) Ans: study of interactions that govern the distribution and abundance of organisms Ecology (3) Ans: the scientific study of the interactions that determine the distribution and abundance of organisms 3 Important biological organizations Ans: Ecosystems Communities Populations Environmental Science Ans: focuses o...

P-135 Midterm 2 Questions And Answers What is a habit? - ANS-Automatic response tendencies that are triggered by contextual cues What part of the brain is involved in stimulus-response habits? - ANS-Basal ganglia, especially the putamen What are implementation intentions? - ANS-say intention out loud to self, visualize self doing intention as vividly as possible, repeat a few times What reinforcement schedule promotes behavior change? - ANS-Initially continuous reinforcement, but swit...

Motor Neglect - ️️- impaired initiation or execution of movement into contralateral hemispace by either limb - often difficult to distinguish between sensory or motor neglect ◦Limb akinesia: failure to move limb ◦Hypokinesia: limb moves only after long delay and much encouragement ◦hypometria: movements are of decreased amplitude ◦impersistence: inability to maintain a movement or posture ◦motor perseveration: inability to disengage from a motor activity ◦motor extinction...

BIO 345 Final Exam | Questions and Answers (Complete Solutions) Which pattern best characterizes the history of extinctions on Earth? A. An increasing per capita background extinction rate B. Five major mass extinctions and several lesser episodes of heightened extinction rates C. Three major mass extinctions and several lesser episodes of heightened extinction rates D. Three major mass extinctions and a low background extinction rate E. An increase in the number of mass extinctions over time...

ABSC 160 Final Exam Latest Update Graded A+ Question: What is the primary goal of applied behavior analysis (ABA)? Answer: The primary goal of ABA is to improve socially significant behaviors through systematic and evidence-based interventions, aiming to enhance the quality of life for individuals by increasing desirable behaviors and decreasing undesirable ones. Question: What is the difference between a reinforcer and a punisher in behavior analysis? Answer: A reinforcer is a st...

Cell Theory - All organisms are made of cells, and all cells come from pre-existing cells. Conclusion: If you trace a cell's lineage back far enough, you will discover that all cells are descended from a common ancestral cell Evolution - The heritable change in a population over time or a change in gene frequency in a population over a number of generations Proximate process - what happens in short term, measured in fractions of lifetimes Ultimate process - longer timeframe (lifeti...

science, lawful relations - ANSWER-__ is more than the mere description of events as they occur. It is an attempt to discover order, to show that certain events stand in __ to other events (Skinner, 1953, p.6)." evidence - ANSWER-Being scientifically skeptical means that until there is __ available, assumptions should not be made. observer bias, experimental control, replication - ANSWER-In order to be excellent stewards of science, as behavior analysts, we can follow a few guidelines whe...

EDF 6223 Exam 2 Latest Update Graded A+ 3 assumptions of level systems combined techniques are more effective than individual contingencies introduced alone, student behaviors and expectations must be stated explicitly, and differential reinforcement is necessary to reinforce closer and closer approximations to the next level 3 characteristics of behavior chains it involves the performance of a specific series of discrete responses; the performance of each behavior in the sequence p...

EPPP PRACTICE EXAM QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS Theological approach-behavior is shaped by future goals and NOT the past. Innate social interest motivates people, ways to fulfill social responsibility. Key Concepts: Inferiority feelings Striving for superiority Style of Life Social Interest Inferiority feeling develop during childhood while striving for superiority. Ways a person tries to compensate for inferiority and achieve superiority determines one's style of life. ...

EPPP PRACTICE EXAM QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS Alderian - Answer-For Adlerians, a desire to belong is a primary motivator of behavior, but this desire may be channeled into the mistaken goals of power, attention, inadequacy, or revenge., Feelings of inferiority contribute to problems in children and adults Teological approach-behavior is shaped by future goals (NOT the past) Innate social interest motivates people, ways to fulfill social responsibility Key Concepts: Inferiority fe...