What Do Facts Need to Have Meaning, According to Carl

question 35

Multiple Choice

What do facts need to have meaning, according to Carl L. Becker?

• A) They need to be situated in a web of circumstances that produced them.
• B) They need to be endorsed by expert authorities.
• C) They need to be verified.
• D) They need to be verifiable.

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Definitions:

Operant Conditioning

A process of behavioral adjustment where the level of an action is modified through the application of rewards or punishments.

Extinction

In psychology, the gradual weakening and disappearance of a conditioned response tendency.

Reinforcement

A concept in behavioral psychology where a behavior is strengthened or increased by following it with a positive or rewarding stimulus.

Stimulus Discrimination

The ability to differentiate between two or more stimuli, responding only to the one that is conditioned while ignoring the others.