Attitudes and Behaviours That Are Commonly-Held in a Particular Group

question 29

Multiple Choice

Attitudes and behaviours that are commonly-held in a particular group, and have a powerful influence over the attitudes and behaviours of group members are known as ______.

• A) social rules
• B) social norms
• C) social laws
• D) social beliefs

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Definitions:

Secondary Reinforcement

A stimulus that gains its reinforcing power through its association with a primary reinforcer, such as praise, tokens, or money.

Operant Conditioning

A technique in education where the potency of an action is transformed by the use of encouragements or punishments.

Classical Conditioning

A behavioral conditioning process where the continual pairing of two stimuli results in the first stimulus eventually eliciting a reaction initially brought about by the second stimulus.

Fixed-interval

In operant conditioning, a schedule of reinforcement where the first response is rewarded only after a specified amount of time has elapsed.