Wolf Agrees with Scheffler That People Generally Are Not Upset

question 130

True/False

Wolf agrees with Scheffler that people generally are not upset by the prospect of humanity's eventual extinction.

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Definitions:

Shaping

A method of operant conditioning by which successive approximations towards a desired behavior are reinforced.

Operant Conditioning

A learning technique that uses incentives and penalties to influence behavior, thereby affecting the probability of its recurrence.

Secondary Reinforcement

A process where a stimulus reinforces a behavior after it has been associated with a primary reinforcer.

Shaping

A method of teaching new behaviors by rewarding closer and closer approximations of the desired behavior.