Aamodt and Stalnaker (2001) Found That the Overwhelming Reason for Most

question 57

Multiple Choice

Aamodt and Stalnaker (2001) found that the overwhelming reason for most police suicides appears to be

• A) financial problems.
• B) reactions to critical incidents.
• C) easy access to weapons.
• D) difficulties in intimate partner relationships.

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Definitions:

Reinforcer

A stimulus that, when presented after a behavior, increases the likelihood of that behavior being repeated.

Cumulative Recorder

A device used in behavioral psychology to visually represent the rate of responses over time in a graph form.

Shaping

A method of teaching or behavior modification that involves reinforcing successive approximations toward a desired behavior.

Shaping

The process of reinforcing successive approximations to a desired behavior.