Attitudes, Knowledge, and Behaviors That Influence an Individual's Food and Physical

question 70

Multiple Choice

Attitudes, knowledge, and behaviors that influence an individual's food and physical activity choices are called:

• A) food and nutrient factors
• B) lifestyle factors
• C) biological factors
• D) environmental factors
• E) system factors

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Definitions:

Operant Conditioning

The procedure of influencing the level of a behavior by the use of positive reinforcement or negative sanctions.

Law Of Effect

A principle stating that responses followed by satisfactory outcomes become more likely to occur, and those followed by unsatisfactory outcomes become less likely.

Successive Approximations

Successive approximations are a method used in behavior therapy where closer and closer steps to a desired behavior are rewarded until the target behavior is achieved.

Skinner Box

A soundproof chamber with a device for delivering food to an animal subject; used in operant conditioning experiments.