The Sentence This E-Mail Message Is to Inform You That

question 37

True/False

The sentence This e-mail message is to inform you that your employment application has been received is an example of effective business writing.

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Definitions:

Behavioral Contrast

A phenomenon where the rate of response to a stimulus changes when the conditions of reinforcement for another stimulus are altered.

Eyeblink Conditioning

When a conditioned stimulus (CS) becomes able to elicit a conditioned eyeblink as a result of being paired with a puff of air or a brief electrical shock below the eye.

Extinction Procedure

A process in conditioning where a conditioned response decreases in frequency and eventually disappears when the conditioned stimulus is presented without the unconditioned stimulus.

Conditioned Stimulus

A stimulus that was once neutral becomes capable of triggering a conditioned response after being paired with an unconditioned stimulus.