Fred, 72 Years Old and Recently Retired, Is Likely to Depend

question 12

Multiple Choice

Fred, 72 years old and recently retired, is likely to depend on ____ for his social support network.

• A) family members
• B) friends
• C) parents
• D) none of these

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Definitions:

Operant Conditioning

A training technique in which the likelihood of a behavior is changed through the use of incentives or consequences.

Extinction

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

Partial-Reinforcement Schedule

In operant conditioning, a strategy in which a behavior is reinforced intermittently, often resulting in more resistant and persistent responses.

Internal-Reinforcement Schedule

A strategy of self-management where individuals control their own rewards or punishments to modify behavior.