Choose the Answer That Best Completes the Following Sentence

question 14

Multiple Choice

Choose the answer that best completes the following sentence.A graph that is decreasing and concave up represents a function that is ...

• A) increasing at an increasing rate
• B) increasing at a decreasing rate
• C) decreasing at a decreasing rate
• D) decreasing at an increasing rate

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Definitions:

Fixed-Interval Schedule

A reinforcement schedule where a response is rewarded only after a fixed amount of time has elapsed.

Operant Conditioning

A training technique in which the likelihood of a behavior is changed through the use of incentives or consequences.

Extinction

In psychology, the gradual weakening and eventual disappearance of a learned response when it is no longer reinforced.

Partial-Reinforcement Schedule

In operant conditioning, a strategy in which a behavior is reinforced intermittently, often resulting in more resistant and persistent responses.