Author Question: Honig and Slivka trained pigeons to peck discs of various colors. After this they began shocking the ... (Read 18 times)

deesands · **on:** Jun 21, 2018

Honig and Slivka trained pigeons to peck discs of various colors. After this they began shocking the birds when they pecked a disc of a particular color. This __________.

a. reduced pecking on that disc, but not discs of other colors
b. reduced pecking discs of all colors, but especially those that resembled the punished color
c. had no effect on the rate of pecking
d. reduced pecking on discs of the punished color, but increased pecking on other discs

Question 2

Robert Eisenberger found that rewarding a high level of effort on one task increases the level of effort on other tasks. This illustrates _______.

a. discrimination
b. generalization
c. motivational transfer
d. a motivational paradox