The Most Immediate Significant Problem Facing Brazil’s Government Today Is

question 20

Multiple Choice

The most immediate significant problem facing Brazil’s government today is

• A)pollution and environmental disasters.
• B)financial crisis and poverty.
• C)lack of foreign investment.
• D)the possibility of renewed warfare in the region.

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Definitions:

Minimizing Law

The principle suggesting that organisms will adapt their behaviors in order to minimize negative consequences or punishments.

Contrast Law

A principle in psychology that states the perceived intensity of a stimulus can change relative to the intensity of a preceding or surrounding stimulus.

Mowrer's Two-Factor Theory

A theory proposing that avoidance learning involves both classical conditioning of fear and operant conditioning of the avoidance response.

Avoidance Conditioning

A learning process in operant conditioning wherein an individual learns a behavior to avoid an undesired stimulus or outcome.