To Address the Problem of Preserving Biodiversity, Biologist Norman Myers

question 51

Multiple Choice

To address the problem of preserving biodiversity, biologist Norman Myers and colleagues have identified various "hot spots" around the world. What exactly is a hot spot?

• A) geographic areas that are warm year-round and never experience freezing temperatures
• B) geographic regions where endangered species and humans connect with one another regularly on a regular basis
• C) world areas with significantly higher extinction rates than the background extinction
• D) global areas where the climate and geological events resulted in large numbers of species

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Definitions:

Negative Reinforcement

A psychological principle where the removal of a negative condition strengthens or increases the likelihood of a behavior.

Positive Reinforcement

A process where introducing a stimuli following a behavior leads to an increase in the frequency of that behavior, reinforcing the desired action.

Positive Punishment

A method in behavioral psychology that involves adding an unfavorable outcome in response to an undesirable behavior to decrease its occurrence.

Negative Punishment

A behavioral psychology concept where reducing or removing a desirable stimulus follows an unwanted behavior, aiming to decrease that behavior's frequency.