154 200 a. Give an example of a simple event Need less than 3 more clicks to be removed. b. Give an example of a joint event Need three or more clicks to be removed in 2008 (2 events : needs 3 or more clicks and happened in 2008) c. What is the complement of "Needs three or more clicks to be removed from an email list"? Need less than 3 more clicks. d.Why is "Needs three or more clicks to be removed from an email list in 2009" a joint event? It neeeds to fit both criteria‚ 3 or more
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revealed that 400 people could recall seeing the commercial and that 320 people actually bought the product. Of the people that bought the product‚ 240 could recall seeing the commercial. 1. Using the alphabetic characters B and R to represent the events “buying the product” and “recalling seeing the commercial” respectively‚ construct a 2x2 contingency/cross tabulation table to summarise the findings of the survey. 2. If the information revealed by the survey is typical of the population as a whole
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medicinal‚ agricultural‚ or industrial value. Much of the Earth’s great biodiversity is rapidly disappearing‚ even before we know what is missing. Most biologists agree that life on Earth is now faced with the most severe extinction episode since the event that drove the dinosaurs to extinction 65 million years ago. Species of plants‚ animals‚ fungi‚ and microscopic organisms such as bacteria are being lost at alarming rates—so many‚ in fact‚ that biologists estimate that three species go extinct every hour
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or experience. *By cognitive psychologists- define learning as a mental change that may or may not be associated with changes in behavior. Classical Conditioning -is a simple form of associative learning that enables organisms to anticipate events. *Stimulus- an environmental condition that elicits a response. *Pavlov discovered that reflexes can also be learned‚ or conditioned‚ by association. -The reflexes were conditional on the repeated pairing of a previously neutral stimulus (such
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then whimpering. This experiment shows how someone can develop a phobia through classical conditioning. B. F. Skinner came up with what he called superstitious behavior stating that people can mistakenly associate an operant with an environmental event. This is how someone may develop a phobia with operant conditioning. Addictions can be learned through modeling‚ which is a type of classical conditioning. If a child sees their parent smoking as they grow up they make develop the addition of smoking
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female from every animal species and the family of Noah would be spared in order to repopulate the Earth. There has been much debate over the existence of such an event even though versions have been recorded in many cultures and languages. Some say that the bible’s
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Tweeting and chirping are a bird watcher ’s favorite sounds‚ and in Indian Bird Sanctuaries these sounds reverberate copiously. Owing to its varied topography‚ climate and long coastline‚ India provides a home to several species of birds. The nation attracts scores of migratory birds as well. Out of the 8650 species of birds ’ known in the world‚ India boasts of being a home to as many as 1200 species. Popular bird species in Indian bird sanctuaries include Racquet Tailed Drogas‚ Sun Birds‚ Kingfishers
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These events are known as the 5 Mass Extinctions‚ and scientists believe we are now on the precipice of the sixth. Researchers say that humans are the only ones that are causing the sixth extinction. How are humans causing this? Habitat destruction‚ an ever growing population‚ agricultural production and air pollution are all contributing to the latest extinction. These activities are causing even more species to become extinct. The thought of the sixth extinction is scary‚ but we can
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Loss of Species Every year a new species gets placed on the endangered species list‚ extinction is a natural process but due to human activity there has been a rapid decline in the wild species population. Loss of habitat or alteration‚ hunting‚ introduction of foreign species‚ and disease are major culprits in the extinction rate. The protection of species is an important element to the survival of biodiversity as well as human sustainability. The loss of a species means humans will lose out
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personal experiences. Considering the response I am engaging in right now – studying. It is definitely not a reflex as it would be in classical conditioning; life might be easier if it were. Instead‚ my studying response is mainly influenced by events that follow it like grades – specifically‚ its consequences. This kind of learning in called operant conditioning. Operant conditioning is a form of learning in
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