Analogies Are Useful for Explaining Something Complex by Allowing the Buyer

question 63

True/False

Analogies are useful for explaining something complex by allowing the buyer to better visualize it in terms of something familiar that is easier to understand.

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Definitions:

Reinforcers

Stimuli, events, or conditions that increase the likelihood of a behavior being repeated.

Reinforcement

In operant conditioning, any event that strengthens the behavior it follows.

Successive Approximations

A method of shaping behavior by rewarding actions that are progressively closer to the desired behavior.

Shaping

The process of reinforcing closer and closer approximations to a desired behavior in order to teach a new behavior.