Because Marla Is So Strongly Committed to a Fat-Free Diet,she

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Multiple Choice

Because Marla is so strongly committed to a fat-free diet,she did not bother to read a recent report by the New England Journal of Medicine that suggested that some fat in our diet is healthy.The report was in a newspaper that Marla reads daily,but the headline did not appeal to Marla as a the result of

• A)selective retention.
• B)selective comprehension.
• C)selective exposure.
• D)selective perception.
• E)stimulus discrimination.

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Definitions:

Reinforcement

In psychology, the process of encouraging or establishing a pattern of behavior through rewards or punishments.

Punishment

The application of an adverse stimulus or removal of a positive stimulus in response to an unwanted behavior, aiming to reduce the likelihood of the behavior's occurrence.

Behavior

The actions or reactions of an individual or system in response to external or internal stimuli.

Observable Actions

Behaviors or actions that can be seen and measured by others, typically used in behavioral assessments.