Luke Has Just Received a Stern Lecture from His Mother

question 41

Multiple Choice

Luke has just received a stern lecture from his mother about his lack of motivation. His mother's lecture is an example of a __________.

• A) ​value reinforcer
• B) ​positive sanction
• C) ​norm violation
• D) ​negative sanction

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Definitions:

George Kingsley Zipf

was an American linguist and philologist who is best known for Zipf's law, which suggests that in any given language, the frequency of any word is inversely proportional to its rank in the frequency table.

Linguist

A specialist in the study of language and its structure, including the study of grammar, syntax, phonetics, and semantics.

Brand Loyal

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