Purposeful Risk Taking Increases During the Primary Years

question 42

True/False

Purposeful risk taking increases during the primary years.

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Definitions:

Fixed-Interval Schedule

A schedule of reinforcement where the first response is rewarded only after a specified amount of time has elapsed, resulting in a pause-and-burst pattern of behavior.

Operant Conditioning

A learning process through which the strength and frequency of a behavior are modified by the behavior's consequences, such as reward or punishment.

Fixed-Ratio

A schedule of reinforcement where a response is reinforced only after a specified number of responses have occurred.