How Does Immediacy Affect the Strength of a Reinforcer? How

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Short Answer

How does immediacy affect the strength of a reinforcer? How does this often lead to difficulties for students in their studies?

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Definitions:

Ionic

Pertaining to ions or the chemical bonds formed through the electrical attraction between positively and negatively charged ions.

Amino

Refers to amino acids, the building blocks of proteins, characterized by the presence of both an amino group and a carboxyl group.

Carboxyl

A carboxyl group is a functional group consisting of a carbon atom double-bonded to an oxygen atom and also bonded to a hydroxyl group, symbolized as -COOH.

Sulfhydryl

A functional group consisting of a sulfur atom bonded to a hydrogen atom (-SH), important in the structure and function of proteins.