The View Held by Local Court Officials as to the Proper

question 63

Multiple Choice

The view held by local court officials as to the proper sentence, given the characteristics of the case, is known as the:

• A) normative level.
• B) going rate.
• C) sentencing market.
• D) local rate.
• E) work group.

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Definitions:

Operant Conditioning

A learning process where behavior is controlled by consequences, including reinforcements and punishments to increase or decrease the behavior's occurrence.

Partial Reinforcement

A conditioning schedule where only a portion of responses are reinforced, leading to slower acquisition of a response but greater resistance to extinction.

Continuous Reinforcement

A schedule of reinforcement where a reward follows every correct response or desired behavior, commonly used in the initial stages of training.

Contingency

A future event or circumstance that is possible but cannot be predicted with certainty, often dependent on other factors.