In What Way Do People Sometimes Make Use of an Operant-Conditioning

question 178

Multiple Choice

In what way do people sometimes make use of an operant-conditioning principle when they try to persuade someone to do something?

• A) They set up a fixed-interval schedule of punishment.
• B) They demonstrate the desired behavior and hope that the other person will imitate it.
• C) They reinforce a small amount of cooperation and work up from there.
• D) They set up one stimulus and then follow it immediately with another stimulus.

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Definitions:

Folkway

Norms that govern everyday behavior in society, often unspoken and taken for granted, but influential in guiding social interactions.

Taboo

Describes behaviors, practices, or topics that are forbidden or deemed highly inappropriate by a culture or society due to moral, social, or religious reasons.

Taboo

Social or cultural prohibitions against certain practices, topics, or words deemed unacceptable or offensive by a community or society.

Folkway

Socially accepted norms or patterns of behavior that, while not moral imperatives or laws, guide everyday interactions and practices within a culture.