Taking Advantage of the Increasing Penetration of Personal Computers in American

question 124

Multiple Choice

Taking advantage of the increasing penetration of personal computers in American homes, the Mayo Clinic transformed itself as a provider of health-related knowledge and expertise. It took advantage of the ______ trends of the _______ in the prices of PCs and the ____________ presence of PCs in virtually every home in the United States.

• A)soft; increase; increasing
• B)soft; decrease; decreasing
• C)hard; decrease; decreasing
• D)hard; decrease; increasing

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Definitions:

Conditioned Reinforcers

Stimuli or rewards that have become reinforcing through their association with a primary reinforcer.

Punishers

Stimuli that decrease the likelihood of a behavior being repeated, often used in behavioral psychology.

Classical Conditioning

A learning process that occurs through associations between an environmental stimulus and a naturally occurring stimulus.

Evolutionary Adaption

The process by which organisms adjust and change over generations to better survive and reproduce in their environments.