Explain the Difference Between Primary and Secondary Reinforcers

question 105

Essay

Explain the difference between primary and secondary reinforcers.

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Definitions:

Mental Health

A state of well-being in which an individual realizes their own abilities, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively, and is able to make contributions to their community.

Stanley Milgram

An American social psychologist best known for his controversial experiment on obedience conducted in the 1960s.

NASA

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration, a United States government agency responsible for the nation's civilian space program and for aeronautics and aerospace research.

Holocaust

a genocide during World War II in which Nazi Germany, aided by its collaborators, systematically murdered approximately six million Jews, alongside millions of others including Romani people, Soviet civilians, Polish and Soviet prisoners of war, and people with disabilities.