Probation Officers Develop Schemas or Typologies of Different Types of Convicts

question 22

True/False

Probation officers develop schemas or typologies of different types of convicts, which contain beliefs about the motive for the crime, the appropriate treatment and prognosis.

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Definitions:

Discriminative Stimulus

A stimulus that signals the availability of reinforcement or punishment, guiding the organism to respond in certain ways.

Discrimination Training

A process in learning where an individual is trained to respond differently to distinct stimuli based on their attributes or consequences.

Generalization

Responding in the same manner to similar stimuli.

Conditioned Stimulus

A previously neutral stimulus that, after becoming associated with the unconditioned stimulus, eventually comes to trigger a conditioned response.