In the Textual Example,Muhammad Yunus Was Highly Successful in His

question 143

Multiple Choice

In the textual example,Muhammad Yunus was highly successful in his use of applying social incentives through group responsibility in order to maximize loan repayment rates.This success created an incentive for other banks to:

• A) offer similar loans to the poor.
• B) go out of business.
• C) seek government action to ban group responsibility lending.
• D) avoid catering to a high risk group.

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Definitions:

Partial Reinforcement Effect

The greater resistance to extinction of an instrumental or operant response following intermittent rather than continuous reinforcement during acquisition.

Frustration Theory

A psychological concept suggesting that frustration, or the blocking of goal achievement, leads to aggression or other antisocial behaviors.

Contingency Management

A type of behavioral therapy based on the principle of reinforcing desired behaviors with rewards while not reinforcing or punishing undesirable behaviors.

Drug Abstinence

Refers to the deliberate avoidance of drug use or the cessation of consuming substances after a period of regular intake.