Your High School Is Considering the Use of School Uniforms

question 25

Multiple Choice

Your high school is considering the use of school uniforms. You originally thought that the idea had merit. However, your crowd at school is organizing a protest of this "violation to personal freedom" and want you to participate. When your parents hear that you were part of the cafeteria protest, they are a bit surprised by your change in attitude. Your new attitude was acquired through

• A)direct contact.
• B)symbolic prejudice.
• C)chance conditioning.
• D)group membership.

Illustrate the principles and outcomes of variable ratio reinforcement schedules through practical examples.

Identify effective strategies for motivating continuous study or behavior through reinforcement schedules.

Define and differentiate between primary and conditioned reinforcers.

Explain the persistence of behaviors maintained by variable schedules of reinforcement.

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Definitions:

Attentively

This describes paying close and careful attention to something, being alert and focused.

Opposites Attract

The theory that individuals are attracted to others who have different personalities, interests, or physical traits than their own, complementing each other's qualities.

Change One's Behavior

The process of modifying personal actions, habits, or reactions, often to improve oneself or adapt to new conditions or expectations.

Social Allergy Effect

A process by which repeated exposure to irritating behavior in close relationships leads to increasingly intense negative reactions over time.