Which Person Is at Highest Risk for Being Uninsured

question 29

Multiple Choice

Which person is at highest risk for being uninsured?

• A)68-year-old retired mailman
• B)48-year-old on renal dialysis
• C)2-year-old whose parents work but do not have benefits through their employers
• D)27-year-old who attends college and works part-time in a small pizza parlor

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Definitions:

Operant Conditioning

Operant conditioning is a learning process in psychology where behaviors are influenced by the consequences that follow them, like rewards or punishments.

Primary Reinforcers

Innate reinforcing stimuli that satisfy basic biological needs, such as food or water.

Delayed Reinforcement

A principle in behavioral psychology where a reward or punishment is given after a time delay, affecting how behaviors are learned or extinguished.

Reinforcement

In behavioral psychology, a consequence applied to increase the likelihood of a behavior being repeated.