Governmental Attitudes Toward Issues Such as Private Property, Intellectual Property

question 78

Multiple Choice

Governmental attitudes toward issues such as private property, intellectual property, zoning, pollution, and employment stability may change over time. What is the term associated with this phenomenon?

• A) bureaucratic risk
• B) political risk
• C) legislative risk
• D) judicial risk
• E) democratic risk

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Definitions:

Ratio Schedule

In the context of behavioral psychology, a type of reinforcement schedule in which a response is reinforced only after a specified number of responses have occurred.

Interval Schedule

A type of reinforcement schedule where reinforcement is given to a response after a specific period of time has passed.

Positive Reinforcer

A positive reinforcer is any stimulus that, when introduced after a behavior, increases the frequency or likelihood of that behavior occurring again.

Negative Reinforcer

In behaviorism, an unpleasant stimulus that, when removed following a behavior, increases the likelihood of that behavior being repeated.