Negative Reinforcement

question 94

Multiple Choice

Negative reinforcement:

• A)is the same thing as punishment.
• B)increases the likelihood that preceding behaviors will be repeated.
• C)decreases the likelihood that a behavior will be performed.
• D)is a stimulus whose removal leads to a decrease in the probability that a preceding response will be repeated.

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Definitions:

Per Se

By itself; inherently, referring to something that is taken as a given and needs no additional proof.

Res Ipsa Loquitur

A doctrine that allows the judge or jury to infer that, more likely than not, the defendant’s negligence was the cause of the plaintiff’s harm, even though there is no direct evidence of the defendant’s lack of due care.

Federal Laws

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State Laws

Regionally-specific legal frameworks enacted by individual states within a country, governing aspects not covered by federal law.