Discuss the Notion of Self-Determination

question 17

Essay

Discuss the notion of self-determination.Would unre­strained self-determination have a positive or negative effect on world politics? Explain your response.

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Definitions:

Operant Conditioning

A method of learning that occurs through rewards and punishments for behavior, encouraging the subject to associate certain behaviors with consequences.

Discriminative Stimulus

A stimulus that signals when a particular response is likely to be followed by a certain type of consequence.

Extinguished Stimulus

A stimulus that previously elicited a response but no longer does so after the process of extinction in conditioning.

Neutral Stimulus

In classical conditioning, a stimulus that initially produces no specific response other than focusing attention, until it is associated with an unconditioned stimulus.