What Is the Most Important Factor in Determining Whether or Not

question 26

Multiple Choice

What is the most important factor in determining whether or not a president will get what he wants from Congress?

• A)the partisan makeup of Congress
• B)how often the president threatens to veto bills
• C)whether or not the president has ever served in Congress
• D)the president's ability to do personal favors for members of Congress
• E)whether a president is serving a first term or a second term

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Definitions:

Secondary Reinforcers

Stimuli that acquire their reinforcing properties through association with primary reinforcers.

Shaping

A method used in behavioral training and psychology to gradually teach new behaviors through reinforcement of successive approximations toward the target behavior.

Latent Learning

A form of learning that is not immediately expressed in an overt response; it occurs without obvious reinforcement to be applied later when needed.

Vicarious Learning

The process of learning behaviors by observing the consequences of others’ actions and adapting one’s own behavior accordingly.