question 321

Essay

$$\text { Use properties of the graph of } f ( x ) = \cos x \text { to explain why } \cos \left( - 32 ^ { \circ } \right) = \cos 32 ^ { \circ } \text {. }$$

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Definitions:

Preferred Activity

An activity that an individual chooses or prefers over other options, often used in reinforcement learning and behavior modification strategies.

Response Deprivation Theory

A theory suggesting that a behavior can become reinforcing when access to that behavior is restricted below its baseline level of occurrence.

Baseline Occurrence

The rate at which a behavior occurs before any intervention or conditioning is applied.

Probability-Differential Theory

The idea that an activity will have reinforcing properties when its probability of occurrence is greater than that of the reinforced activity.