Which of the Following Does the Author Identify as a Success

question 11

Multiple Choice

Which of the following does the author identify as a success the global economy has achieved in the past sixty years?

• A) School enrollments have more than doubled across the globe.
• B) Infant mortality rates have dropped by more than 60 percent.
• C) A reduction in poverty has meant fewer than one million people across the globe go hungry each day.
• D) Life expectancy in the past century has risen by 50 percent to 78 years.

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Definitions:

Delayed Reinforcement

A tactic in which a reward or punishment is given after a time delay, following the behavior it is meant to encourage or discourage.

Spontaneous Recovery

The reappearance of a previously extinguished response after a pause.

Operant Conditioning

A method of learning that employs rewards and punishments for behavior, which affects the likelihood of that behavior being repeated.

Latent Learning

A form of learning that occurs without any immediate or obvious reinforcement, only becoming apparent through a subsequent change in behavior.