Which One of the Following Descriptions Best Reflects How Educators

question 33

Multiple Choice

Which one of the following descriptions best reflects how educators typically define students who are at risk of dropping out of school?

• A) Students with a strong probability of becoming long-term substance abusers
• B) Students who show a pattern of criminal-like behavior by the age of fourteen
• C) Students who have had numerous encounters with the criminal justice system
• D) Students unlikely to acquire minimum academic skills

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Definitions:

Minimizing Law

The principle suggesting that organisms will adapt their behaviors in order to minimize negative consequences or punishments.

Contrast Law

A principle in psychology that states the perceived intensity of a stimulus can change relative to the intensity of a preceding or surrounding stimulus.

Mowrer's Two-Factor Theory

A theory proposing that avoidance learning involves both classical conditioning of fear and operant conditioning of the avoidance response.

Avoidance Conditioning

A learning process in operant conditioning wherein an individual learns a behavior to avoid an undesired stimulus or outcome.