On What Grounds Could Foreign Nationals Apply for Immigrant Status

question 34

Multiple Choice

On what grounds could foreign nationals apply for immigrant status in the United States after 1965?

• A) The color of their skin.
• B) Their proficiency in English.
• C) Their anticommunist credentials.
• D) Their family ties to U.S. citizens or other immigrants.
• E) Their experience in counterinsurgency operations.

Describe the phenomenon of evaluative conditioning within the context of consumer behavior.

Explain the impact of context and environment on the effectiveness of classical conditioning, including the concepts of renewal effect and drug overdose risk.

Understand the difference between operant conditioning and classical conditioning.

Comprehend the processes of stimulus discrimination and extinction in modifying conditioned responses.

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Definitions:

Reinforcement

In behaviorism, a consequence that increases the likelihood of a behavior being repeated.

Fixed-ratio

A schedule of reinforcement where a response is only rewarded after a specified number of responses, leading to high and steady response rates.

Variable-ratio

A schedule of reinforcement where a response is rewarded after an unpredictable number of responses, making it highly effective in maintaining behavior.

Fixed-interval

A term in operant conditioning referring to a schedule of reinforcement where a response is rewarded only after a specified amount of time has passed.