Which of the Following Statements Is FALSE

question 59

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is FALSE?

• A) Huey Long and Upton Sinclair generated movements of popular protest that helped spark the Second New Deal.
• B) The popular followings of Upton Sinclair, Huey Long, and Dr. Francis Townsend reflected the unhappiness of many Americans over the slowness of economic recovery.
• C) Dr. Francis Townsend's idea to have the elderly receive monthly government payments was uniformly rejected and died very quickly.
• D) Huey Long met his death in 1935 from an assassin's bullet.
• E) Upton Sinclair won the Democratic nomination for governor in 1934.

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Definitions:

Punishing Reinforcement

A term that amalgamates concepts incorrectly; in behaviorism, punishment is used to decrease a behavior's occurrence, whereas reinforcement is used to increase it.

Positive Punishment

A technique in behavior modification that involves the introduction of an unfavorable outcome or event following an undesirable behavior, with the intention of decreasing the likelihood of the behavior occurring again.

Negative Punishment

A type of behavior modification that involves the removal of a desirable stimulus after a behavior to decrease the likelihood of that behavior occurring again.

Negative Reinforcement

A behavioral principle where the removal of an unfavorable event or outcome after the display of a behavior increases the likelihood of that behavior in the future.