Which of the Following Statements Is True

question 124

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is true?

• A)The average farm has gone from 500 acres in the 19th century to 100 acres today.
• B)The Freedom to Farm Act of 1996 ended government payments to farmers.
• C)Despite hundreds of billions of dollars on farm price-support payments since World War II,the family farm is vanishing.
• D)About 20 million people live on farms today.

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Definitions:

Negative Reinforcement

A process in behavior modification where the removal of an unpleasant stimulus strengthens a behavior.

Cumulative Recorder

A device used in behavioral psychology to record the frequency of behavior over time, visually displaying the accumulation of responses.

Response Rate

The frequency or rate at which a specific behavior or action is performed, often measured in psychological experiments or surveys.

Stimulus Generalization

The psychological phenomenon where a response learned from one stimulus is elicited by similar, but distinct, stimuli.