____ Percent of the Population in Some Counties of the Deep

question 94

Multiple Choice

____ percent of the population in some counties of the deep South, especially along the lower Mississippi River, were black.

• A) Twenty-five
• B) Fifty
• C) Seventy-five
• D) Ten
• E) 95

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Definitions:

Shaping

A behavioral technique involving reinforcing behaviors that are successively closer to the desired behavior.

Negative Reinforcement

A process in behavior modification where the removal of an undesirable or unpleasant stimulus after a response increases the likelihood that the response will occur again in the future.

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Behavior Modification

A method of therapy rooted in operant conditioning principles, which aims to substitute negative behaviors with positive ones using either rewards or penalties.