Self-Regulation Refers to

question 175

Multiple Choice

Self-regulation refers to

• A)governmental guidelines that suggests what is legal and ethical and what is not.
• B)a self-imposed set of rules set by a specific industry watchdog group that dictates legal and ethical behaviors.
• C)an alternative to government control where an industry attempts to police itself.
• D)voluntary compliance to governmental rules and regulations set for a specific industry.
• E)a set of rules created and enforced by the FTC to which all members of an industry voluntarily agree to comply.

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Definitions:

Shaping

A technique in training where closer and closer matches to the aimed behavior receive reinforcement.

Extinction

Within the realm of psychology, this refers to the slow diminishment and ultimate vanishing of a learned reaction when the previously associated stimulus is no longer linked with the natural stimulus.

Generalization

The process or result of making a statement or conclusion that applies to many instances from specific observations.

Extinction

In psychology, the gradual weakening and eventual disappearance of a learned response when it is no longer reinforced.