Which of the Following Is a Reason for the Privatization

question 27

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is a reason for the privatization of American prisons?

• A) Improved security for inmates
• B) Higher corrections budgets for states
• C) The overcrowding of corrections facilities
• D) The significant decline in crime rates

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Definitions:

Latent Learning

A type of learning that occurs without any obvious reinforcement of the behavior or associations that are learned, and the knowledge is not immediately expressed.

Insight Learning

A form of problem solving where the solution suddenly comes to the learner after a period of reflection, rather than through trial and error.

Discrimination

Unfair and prejudiced treatment directed at various groups, particularly because of their race, age, or sex.

Extinction

Within the realm of behavioral psychology, it describes the slow reduction and ultimate vanishing of a learned reaction when the previously associated conditioned stimulus is no longer presented alongside the unconditioned stimulus.