A Residual Approach to Social Welfare Policy Emphasizes Prevention

question 18

True/False

A residual approach to social welfare policy emphasizes prevention .

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Definitions:

Reinforcement

An event (or termination of an event) that increases the frequency of the operant behavior that preceded it.

Attentional View

A theoretical perspective focused on how individuals allocate their attentional resources among various stimuli or tasks.

Sutherland

Refers to Edwin Sutherland, a criminologist known for developing the differential association theory.

Mackintosh

Refers to a model of learning that suggests the attentional focus of an organism is influenced by the predictability of a stimulus.