The Social Security System

question 17

Multiple Choice

The social security system,

• A) continues to burden businesses due to the fact that businesses must provide and pay for this benefit for their employees.
• B) met the needs of our nation when it was conceived,but needs an overhaul.
• C) will continue to serve the needs of U.S.citizens into the distant future,due to the fact that there are so few retirees placing a strain on it.
• D) is failing because the U.S.government failed to invest the money that employees contributeD.

---

Definitions:

Negative Reinforcer

A stimulus whose removal or avoidance following a behavior increases the likelihood of that behavior being repeated.

Classical Conditioning

A method of learning that happens when an environmental trigger and an inherently occurring stimulus are linked, causing a reflex to be learned.

Desired Response

The specific outcome or behavior that an individual or experiment aims to achieve or elicit as a result of certain stimuli or interventions.

Reinforcement

A process in behavioral psychology by which the likelihood of a specific behavior is increased through a reward or decreased through a punishment.