Discuss Some of the Reasons Why West Africa Rulers-Such as the Kings

question 73

Essay

Discuss some of the reasons why West Africa rulers-such as the kings of Ghana, Mali, and Kanem-Bornu-converted to Islam.

Critique the strengths and limitations of Super's model and the competency measure.

Understand different types of observations in behavioral assessment.

Identify structured tools and interviews used in behavioral assessment.

Recognize components of specific behavioral assessment systems.

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Definitions:

Shaping

A method of behavior training in which reinforcement is given for progressively closer approximations of the desired behavior.

Classically Conditioned

A learning process that occurs through associations between an environmental stimulus and a naturally occurring stimulus.

Extinction

In behavioral psychology, the process of diminishing a conditioned response by repeatedly presenting the conditioned stimulus without the unconditioned stimulus.

Conditioned Response

A learned response to a previously neutral stimulus that has become associated with an unconditioned stimulus through classical conditioning.