The Ability to Command Media Attention or Persuade Party Members

question 39

True/False

The ability to command media attention or persuade party members is an example of formal power.

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Definitions:

Operant Conditioning

A learning process in behavioural psychology where the strength of a behavior is modified by reinforcement or punishment.

Classical Conditioning

A learning process that pairs a neutral stimulus with a stimulus that naturally produces a behavior, eventually causing the neutral stimulus to elicit that behavior on its own.

Reinforced Behaviors

Behaviors that are more likely to be repeated in the future due to the application of a positive or negative reinforcement after the behavior is exhibited.

Learning Theorists

Scholars who develop theories about how people learn, focusing on the processes of acquiring, modifying, or reinforcing knowledge, skills, behaviors, and values.