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Respondent and operant conditioning both involve phylogenetically important relations and events. What is a phylogenetically important event? What is the phylogenetically important event in respondent and operant conditioning?

Given the scenario below, explain how the behavioral activity of kicking a soccer ball developed using the law of effect and shaping. Be sure to include the three conditions included from Question #5. Nora grew up playing soccer in her backyard with her younger sister, Rosie. When Nora first started to learn how to kick a ball, she did not apply enough force, and the ball did not go very far. She slowly learned how hard to kick to pass the ball to Rosie. However, she was not always good at aiming. After kicking the ball, it would go far enough but not towards Rosie. She began to learn how to aim the ball and kick hard enough to make it to Rosie. When Nora was old enough, she began to play soccer with a team. She learned how to kick a ball when she is trying to score a goal, pass to a teammate, and kick it out of her team’s penalty box. All of these types of kicks require different types of kicking. When kicking the ball out of the penalty box, she would kick it with the top of her foot to ensure it landed far away from her team’s goal. When kicking the ball to pass to a teammate, Nora uses the inside of her foot to keep the ball low to the ground. Finally, when she is trying to score a goal, Nora kicks the ball with the inside of her foot but with more force than during a pass. Now, Nora plays soccer on her high school soccer team and can distinguish when to use each type of kick.

A 35-year-old male patient presents with infertility and a palpable extra-testicular mass on the LT side. Sonogram demonstrates multiple anechoic tubular structures in the LT adjacent to the testicle. What can the sonographer suggest to help solidify the diagnosis?

Bryson works for Quite Deep Quarry Inc. as a backhoe operator. One day, Bryson is operating the company’s backhoe to scoop up quarried rock from the side of the quarry. At noon, Bryson goes on his lunch break, and in his hurry he forgets to set the emergency brake of the backhoe. The backhoe slowly starts to drift downhill, and eventually it rolls to the edge of the quarry, where it falls 100 feet to the bottom. Due to the fall, the backhoe is completely destroyed. And as a result of the accident, Quite Deep Quarry Inc. will now need to purchase a new backhoe which costs $50,000.  The underlined portion of the above scenario is an example of which of the elements of a loss exposure? 

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