Which of the Following Groups of Children Is at the Highest

question 20

Multiple Choice

Which of the following groups of children is at the highest risk to have poor health?

• A) African American children living in a suburb
• B) Asian children living in an outer urban area
• C) Hispanic children living in the inner city
• D) White children living in a rural area

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Definitions:

Current Behavior

The present or ongoing actions or reactions of an organism, often studied in psychology to understand and modify undesirable behaviors.

Counterconditioning

A behavior therapy technique used to replace a negative or unwanted response to a stimulus with a positive one.

Operant Conditioning

A method of learning that employs rewards and punishments for behavior, encouraging or discouraging certain behaviors.

Stimulus Generalization

In operant conditioning, the tendency for a response that has been reinforced (or punished) in the presence of one stimulus to occur (or be suppressed) in the presence of other similar stimuli.