Singleton,an Eighty-Year-Old Widower,remarried

question 33

Essay

Singleton,an eighty-year-old widower,remarried.The next day,he made a will leaving everything to his son,Joey.A week after his marriage,Singleton died.How will his estate be handled?

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Definitions:

Discriminative Stimulus

A specific stimulus in the presence of which a particular response is more likely to be reinforced, and in the absence of which a response is not likely to be reinforced.

Primary Reinforcer

An innately satisfying stimulus, such as food or warmth, that does not require learning to become desirable and motivates behavior.

Conditioned Reinforcer

A stimulus or event that gains its reinforcing power through its association with a primary reinforcer.

Colonization

The process by which a central system of power dominates the surrounding land and its components, often involving the settlement of its population to new territories.