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You have a colleague who likes to have an occasional alcoholic beverage, but who is also trying to lose weight. He knows you are studying nutrition, so he asks you which type of alcoholic beverages tends to be lower in calories. Provide him some basic information on calories in alcohol, and make a suggestion for how he can reduce calories but still enjoy an occasional alcoholic beverage?


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Intermittent Reinforcement

A conditioning schedule where a response is only sometimes reinforced, leading to more resistant and persistent behavior.

Faster Extinction

The accelerated reduction or loss of conditioned responses, typically in the context of behavioral psychology.

Continuous Reinforcement

A learning schedule in which every correct response is followed by a reward, facilitating rapid learning.

Scheduled Reinforcement

A strategy in behavior modification that involves delivering reinforcement according to a predetermined schedule.

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