Why Must Radio Dishes Be Built So Large

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Essay

Why must radio dishes be built so large?

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Definitions:

Imitation and Modeling

The act of mimicking the behavior, gestures, or speech of others as a method of learning, often a key process in the development of social skills and behaviors.

Aversion and Terror Management

Theories that explore human behavior and cognition relating to avoiding fear, death, and existential terror, often via clinging onto cultural beliefs or self-esteem enhancing activities.

Negative Reinforcement

A behavior modification technique that involves the removal of an unfavorable condition to increase the likelihood of a desired response.

Spontaneous Recovery

In behavioral psychology, the reappearance of a previously extinguished response following a rest period without further conditioning.