Data Analytics,Inc

question 33

Multiple Choice

Data Analytics,Inc.,is a corporation engaged in the business of compiling,analyzing,and marketing data.To accomplish its purposes,Data Analytics obtains financing,and hires and fires employees.Laws and government regulations affect such business activities as

• A)hiring and firing decisions.
• B)the manufacturing and marketing of products.
• C)business financing.
• D)all of the choices.

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Definitions:

Nonreinforced Responses

Responses that are not strengthened by reinforcement in the learning process, potentially leading to their extinction.

Reinforcer

Any stimulus that strengthens or increases the likelihood of a specific response or behavior by being applied as a consequence of that behavior.

Discriminative Stimulus

A stimulus in the presence of which a particular response will be reinforced or punished, leading to an increase or decrease in the occurrence of that response.

Negative Reinforcer

An unpleasant or aversive stimulus that, when removed or avoided after a behavior, increases the likelihood of that behavior occurring in the future.