If You Push for an Hour Against a Stationary Wall

question 66

Multiple Choice

If you push for an hour against a stationary wall, no work is done

• A)on the wall.
• B)at all.
• C)both A and B
• D)none of the above

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Definitions:

Schedules of Reinforcement

Schedules of Reinforcement are the rules that determine how and when a behavior is reinforced in operant conditioning, critical in shaping and maintaining behaviors.

Secondary Reinforcer

A stimulus that gains its reinforcing power through its association with a primary reinforcer; also known as conditioned reinforcer.

Primary Reinforcer

A naturally reinforcing stimulus meeting a basic biological need, such as hunger or thirst.

Aversive Stimuli

Unpleasant or noxious stimuli which an organism seeks to avoid or escape.