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Date November 2018 Marks available [Maximum mark: 2] Reference code 18N.3.HL.TZ0.6c.i
Level HL Paper 3 Time zone TZ0
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18N.3.HL.TZ0.6c.i

A patient was asked to trace a line between two guidelines of a star shape, starting at point S (see star image) while viewing the star in a mirror. The graph shows the number of times the patient strayed outside the boundaries while drawing the star in each trial for both hands.

[Reprinted from Neuron, 20(3), Brenda Milner, Larry R. Squire and Eric R. Kande, 'Cognitive neuroscience and the study of memory',
pp. 445–468, Copyright (1998), with permission from Elsevier. https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/neuron]

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Define, with an example, operant conditioning.

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Markscheme

a. learning by trial and error
OR
reward/punishment to reinforce behaviour ✔

b. example ✔

eg: mice given food when finding their way across a maze will perform better the second time

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