The Lexicographic Heuristic Involves Setting a Minimum Acceptable Cutoff Level

question 85

True/False

The lexicographic heuristic involves setting a minimum acceptable cutoff level for each attribute and selecting the first alternative that meets the minimum standard for all attributes.

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Definitions:

Positive Reinforcement

A technique in behavior modification that involves the addition of a reinforcing stimulus following a desired behavior, encouraging its recurrence.

Time-out

A behavioral intervention technique where an individual is temporarily removed from a reinforcing environment to decrease unwanted behaviors.

Appropriate Behavior

Behavior considered suitable or proper in a given context according to societal or specified standards.

Response Cost Lottery

A technique in which every student has an envelope taped to his or her desk. The teacher places five or more tickets in each envelope with the student’s name written on each ticket. Students lose a ticket every time they engage in one of three inappropriate behaviors specified by the teacher. At the end of a prespecified time, the remaining tickets are placed in a grab bag and mixed up. The teacher draws three or four tickets, and the students whose names appear on the tickets win a reward.