Which of the Following Statements Would NOT Be Characteristic of the Authoritarian

question 265

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements would NOT be characteristic of the authoritarian belief system?

• A) Our country needs fair and equitable laws and courageous non-partisan leaders who will listen to the concerns of the general public.
• B) People do not learn anything important except through suffering and hard work.
• C) All people regardless of their religion should be forced to salute the flag.
• D) People can be divided into two classes: the weak and the strong.

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Definitions:

Operant Chamber

An apparatus that creates an enclosed environment, used for the study of operant behavior within it.

Matching Law

A principle of behavioral psychology that states an individual will choose to engage in behaviors proportional to the rewards offered for those behaviors.

FR 10 Schedule

A fixed-ratio schedule of reinforcement where a response is rewarded only after it has been performed a specified number of times, in this case, ten times.

FR 40 Schedule

A type of fixed-ratio schedule in operant conditioning where a response is reinforced only after a specific number of responses have been made, in this case, every 40th response.