dr_singh246
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An obese woman is not losing weight on a weight-loss program and is returning to your office for the monthly checkup; she confesses to not adhering to the program during the first few weeks and then going on a crash diet during the week preceding the planned checkup. Which of the following learning mechanisms is involved?
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A. Stimulus control
B. Desensitization
C. Fixed interval reinforcement
D. Variable ratio reinforcement
E. Variable interval reinforcement
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| mjl1717
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fixed interval-response rate increases toward the end of the interval
(scalloped curve)
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| dr_singh246
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no
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| Moctopod
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What's the answer and explanation, Dr Singh?
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| dr_singh246
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the answer is choice e.
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| mjl1717
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Im inclined to disagree since her behavior is NOT random and an unpredictable amount of time it seems like she does this every month(after a fixed amount of time.)
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| hiwa
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by elimination i would say stimulus control as the check up date is the stimulus,
the senario not copatible with operant conditioning, and also it is not desensitization.
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