What Common Feature Makes the Lives of Sisyphus and the Quebecoise

question 111

Multiple Choice

What common feature makes the lives of Sisyphus and the Quebecoise nuns meaningless?

• A) Both involve endless frustration
• B) Both involve endless toil
• C) Both involve endless pain
• D) Both involve endless purposelessness

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Definitions:

Reinforcement

A process in operant conditioning where a behavior is strengthened by the outcome that follows it, whether it is a reward (positive reinforcement) or the removal of a negative condition (negative reinforcement).

DRH Schedule

Differential Reinforcement of High rates of behavior is a schedule of reinforcement where high rates of a specific behavior are reinforced.

Reinforcement

A process in behaviorism that increases the likelihood of a behavior repeating by applying a stimulus following that behavior.

DRL Schedule

A type of reinforcement schedule where a response is only reinforced if it occurs after a specified amount of time has passed since the last reinforced response.