Juana Looked at Her September Issue of O Magazine and Did

question 98

Multiple Choice

Juana looked at her September issue of O magazine and did not see anything of interest.After her mother was diagnosed with bipolar disorder,she found the issue extremely interesting because it offered advice on how to help people who are suffering from this problem.The fact that the boring issue became quite interesting is due to .

• A)sociocultural influences
• B)perceptual selection
• C)the hierarchy of needs
• D)subliminal messaging
• E)segment selectivity

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Definitions:

Reinforcement

A process in behaviorism that increases the likelihood of a behavior repeating by applying a stimulus following that behavior.

DRL Schedule

A type of reinforcement schedule where a response is only reinforced if it occurs after a specified amount of time has passed since the last reinforced response.

Reinforcement

In behaviorism, a stimulus or event that follows a behavior and increases the likelihood of that behavior's recurrence.

Variable-ratio

A schedule of reinforcement where a response is reinforced after an unpredictable number of responses, making it highly resistant to extinction.