Generalizing from Research on Maintaining Behavior Over the Long Run

question 9

Multiple Choice

Generalizing from research on maintaining behavior over the long run, we can say that behavior that is reinforced intermittently is more resistant to extinction than behavior that is reinforced continuously.

• A) true
• B) false

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Definitions:

Tragedy Commons

A situation where individual users, acting independently according to their own self-interest, deplete or spoil shared resources, despite understanding that degrading these resources is contrary to the group's long-term best interests.

Sustainable Consumption

The use of services and related products which respond to basic needs and bring a better quality of life while minimizing the use of natural resources, toxic materials, and emissions of waste and pollutants over the life cycle, so as not to jeopardize the needs of future generations.

Tragedy Commons

The Tragedy of the Commons is an economic theory suggesting that individuals acting in their own self-interest can deplete shared resources, leading to negative outcomes for the whole group.

Fish Population

Refers to the number and varieties of fish within a particular body of water or ecosystem.