The Head Start Program

question 14

Multiple Choice

The Head Start program

• A) has been successful in fostering better levels of school attainment.
• B) began in 1965.
• C) provides preschool activities for 4 and 5 year old disadvantaged students.
• D) all of these answer options are correct.

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Definitions:

Appetitive

pertains to or arouses an organism's natural desire or appetite, typically referring to positive or pleasurable stimuli.

Terminal

Often used to describe the final stage of a disease where recovery is not expected, or the end point of an experiment or procedure.

Operant Conditioning

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

Skinner

B.F. Skinner, an influential American psychologist, known for his work in behaviorism and for developing the theory of operant conditioning.