Someone Who Is High on the Dimension of Belief in a Just

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Multiple Choice

Someone who is high on the dimension of belief in a just world would be MOST likely to agree with which statement?

• A)"Without strict laws and regulations, society would be chaotic."
• B)"Unless our justice system begins to treat people more fairly, society as a whole is going to lose faith in it and begin to deteriorate."
• C)"People who are in jail right now deserve to be there."
• D)"It is important to treat others how you yourself would want to be treated by them."

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Definitions:

Stimulus Discrimination

The ability to distinguish between different stimuli or cues, especially in the context of learning and behavior.

Extinction

In psychology, the gradual weakening and eventual disappearance of a conditioned response when the conditioned stimulus is no longer paired with the unconditioned stimulus.

Negative Reinforcement

A behavioral principle where the removal of an unfavorable condition strengthens a desired behavior.

Conditioned Stimulus

Conditioned stimulus is a previously neutral stimulus that, after becoming associated with an unconditioned stimulus, eventually comes to trigger a conditioned response.