A(n) _____ Occurs When a Problem Is Evaluated and Resolved

question 13

Multiple Choice

A(n) _____ occurs when a problem is evaluated and resolved in the context in which it is perceived.

• A) escalating commitment
• B) lack-of-participation error
• C) confirmation error
• D) availability bias
• E) framing error

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Definitions:

Operant Behavior

Behavior that is controlled by its consequences, including rewards and punishments, in the context of operant conditioning.

Functional Analysis

In behaviorism, a description of how a behavior is a function of the environment of the person or animal that performs it.

Empiricism

The philosophical perspective that knowledge comes primarily from sensory experience and observation.

Operant Conditioning

Skinner’s term for the process of learning in which an organism’s behavior is shaped by the effect of the behavior on the environment.