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On Any Given Day, One Out of _____ African American

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On any given day, one out of _____ African American, one out of _____ Latino, and one out of _____ white men in their 20s is in jail.


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Operant Conditioning

A method of learning that employs rewards and punishments for behavior, encouraging the subject to associate certain actions with specific consequences.

Observation

The act of closely monitoring or taking notice of something or someone, often used as a method in scientific research and daily learning.

Respondent Conditioning

A form of learning in which an individual develops a reflexive response to a previously neutral stimulus by associating it with another stimulus that already elicits that response.

Direct Reinforcement

The process by which a behavior is strengthened or increased by immediately following it with a positive stimulus or reward.

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