Frank Flings a Paper Airplane Through the Air in History

question 154

Multiple Choice

Frank flings a paper airplane through the air in history class. All of the students laugh. Their teacher, Mr. Curtis, becomes irate; his face turns beet red, and large veins bulge from his neck. "Frank!" Mr. Curtis screams, "You are in big trouble now!" Frank really doesn't care about the trouble. The combination of the attention from the students and the emotional reaction from Mr. Curtis was plenty to keep him misbehaving far into the future. Throwing the paper airplane, then, was:

• A)positively reinforced.
• B)negatively reinforced.
• C)positively punished.
• D)negatively punished.

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Definitions:

Stop Contact

A Stop Contact is a type of electrical contact used in stop buttons or emergency stop circuits to halt machine operation for safety.

Start/Stop Control

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Motor Control

The process of starting, stopping, and regulating the speed and torque of an electric motor.

XIC

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