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EPPP Psychology

Category - Treatment, Intervention, Prevention, and Supervision

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Behavioral theory postulates that behavior is in response to external factors and situational stimuli; thus, behaviorists believe that psychopathology is a result of learned patterns, not innate deficits. Operant conditioning, unlike classical conditioning, involves reinforcement or punishment. There are multiple types of reinforcers noted in the approach to operant conditioning treatment. Which type of reinforcer acquires value as such through experience and repetition?
  1. Primary
  2. Secondary
  3. Tertiary
  4. Generalized
Explanation
Answer: B - Secondary reinforcers are those that acquire value as such through training, experience, or repetition-praise, positive results that occur in response to a certain behavior every time it is performed, etc. There are three types of reinforcers; the other two are primary and generalized.
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