What Is the Difference Between a Passive Deficit or Surplus

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Essay

What is the difference between a passive deficit or surplus and the structural deficit or surplus?

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Definitions:

Schedule of Reinforcement

A strategy in behavioral psychology determining when and how often a response will be reinforced.

Reinforcement

A process in behavioral psychology that increases the likelihood of a response by adding or removing a stimulus after the behavior.

Schedule

A plan that designates specific times at which certain tasks or events should occur.

Reinforcers

In psychology, stimuli which, when presented after a behavior, increase the likelihood of that behavior being repeated in the future.