How Do We Decide Which Strategies Will Have a Positive

question 426

Multiple Choice

How do we decide which strategies will have a positive emotional impact and which will have a negative emotional impact?

• A) We determine which perceptual strategies we will use based on our resource goals.
• B) We determine which perceptual strategies we will use based on our expressive design logic.
• C) We determine which perceptual strategies we will use based on our legitimate power.
• D) We determine which perceptual strategies we will use based on our perceptual threshold.

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Definitions:

Law of Effect

A principle stating that behaviors followed by satisfying consequences are more likely to be repeated, while those followed by unsatisfying consequences are less likely to be repeated.

Reinforcement

In behavioral psychology, a process by which a behavior is strengthened or increased by its consequences.

Positive Reinforcement

A method of behavior modification that involves rewarding a desired behavior in order to increase the likelihood of it occurring again.

Watson

Psychologist John B. Watson, known as the father of behaviorism, emphasized the study of observable behavior.