You Cannot Exert a Force on a Wall

question 5

Multiple Choice

You cannot exert a force on a wall

• A)if the wall resists.
• B)unless you put your mind to it.
• C)unless the wall simultaneously exerts the same amount of force on you.

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Definitions:

Probability

The extent to which an event is likely to occur, measured by the ratio of the favorable cases to the whole number of possible cases.

Escape Conditioning

A learning process in which an organism learns to perform a behavior to terminate an aversive stimulus.

Negative Reinforcement

The strengthening of a behavior because it removes or diminishes a negative outcome or stimulus.

Positive Reinforcement

A stimulus which, when presented after a behavior, increases the likelihood of that behavior being repeated.