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Zoey63294

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Secondary reinforcers:
 
  a. are intrinsically reinforcing due to their very nature
  b. come to control responding due to their association with other reinforcers
  c. are such things as water, food, avoidance of pain
  d. usually involve a form of latent learning

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In an experiment on the effects of reinforcement on running speed, when a large reward that the rats had been receiving was changed to a medium reward, their performance declined to below a group that always received a medium reward. This is called:
 
  a. negative contrast
  b. positive contrast
  c. diminishing reward effect
  d. quality of reward effect


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Reply #1 on: Jun 20, 2018
Answer to Question 1

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Answer to Question 2

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