Direct-Service Staffs' Power Comes From

question 4

Multiple Choice

Direct-service staffs' power comes from:

• A) Their personal knowledge of an agency's problems and clientele.
• B) Their ability to connect with government agencies.
• C) Their understanding of political maneuvering within an agency.
• D) Their ability to manipulate agency policy.

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Definitions:

Operant Conditioning

A learning process in which the strength of a behavior is modified by its consequences, such as rewards or punishments.

Extinction

In behavioral psychology, the process through which a conditioned response decreases in frequency and eventually disappears as a result of the conditioned stimulus being presented without reinforcement.

High Steady Rates

Constant and uniform frequencies or levels maintained over a period of time.

Continuous Reinforcement

A learning process in which a behavior is reinforced every time it occurs, leading to rapid learning.