Imagine That Your Friend Has Told You a Joke

question 248

Essay

Imagine that your friend has told you a joke. Provide examples of how you could apply positive reinforcement, negative reinforcement, positive punishment, and negative punishment. Indicate also what effect each of those four consequences would have on your friend's likelihood of telling jokes.

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Definitions:

Myosin Head

The globular part of the myosin protein that binds to actin filaments in muscle cells during contraction.

Troponin

A protein complex involved in the regulation of skeletal and cardiac muscle contraction, which binds to calcium ions causing a change that allows muscle contraction.

ATPase Activity

The enzymatic activity involved in hydrolyzing ATP (adenosine triphosphate) to release energy.

Thin Myofilament

A component of the muscle fiber responsible for muscle contraction, composed primarily of the protein actin.