Bubba, a very smart german shepherd, has learned that if he barks at the neighbors while they are grilling, they will throw him a candy. however, his owner, paul, does not want bubba to eat candies as it is not good for his health. he does not allow bubba to eat candies from the neighbors. when paul is in the yard, bubba never barks at the neighbors. in operant conditioning terminology, bubba is demonstrating that he can
multiple choicea. manage with secondary reinforcers when primary reinforcers are not available. b. learn a partial-reinforcement schedule. c. generalize. d. discriminate.

A

Explanation:

Operant Conditioning is a tool that involves learning trough the result of behaviours, there are different types of behaviour reinforcements to shape not only animals but also human learning, like for example; Positive: which consists on giving the subject something possitive. Negative: which is all the contrary. Punishment, consisting on exposing the subject to a painful stimulus. Primary which is naturally learnt since it fullfills basic needs and Secondary which basically starts when the Primary is missing like for example in the case of Bubba; for example Bubba is not allowed to eat candy but when its owner is not arround to feed it, it just resorts to eat what it can as a response to the lack of Primary response.

c. in order of atomic number

taken from the novel “the adventures of huckleberry finn” by mark twain (1884), the author narrates about social issues and norms related to morality, prejudice, and slavery. twain included the excerpt above in order to discuss a moral conflict that huck is in: following the moral values he has received from the society in which he lives. moreover, there are moral issues such as gilt and blame discussed here. in the excerpt above, which is part of chapter xvi, huck faces a dilemma: jim to escape or telling miss watson about jim’s flight. huck feels confused, since by choosing one action or another someone is going to get hurt. both jim and miss watson have him in different ways; jim has protected him and has been very kind with him and miss watson has him with his education. the following sentence is a clear example of the dilemma huck faces when he narrates what his conscience tells him: “what had poor miss watson done to you that you could see her niger go off right under your eyes and never say one single word? ”.