Define positive reinforcement, negative reinforcement, punishment, and extinction, and distinguish between continuous and intermittent schedules of reinforcement. Then give a practical example of one." In Positive Reinforcement a particular behavior is strengthened by the consequence of experiencing a positive condition. For example: My dog will get a treat when he sits on my command. Positive Reinforcement means that the subject is likely to repeat the behavior, or response, because stimulus
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The Fama and French 3-Factor Model (Fama and French 1993) is used in asset pricing and portfolio management to describe stock returns. Unlike the CAPM, which uses only the market risk factor, in the Fama and French Model, two more factors are identified that cause stocks to do better than the market as a whole – the size factor and the value factor. This paper will first describe the methodology behind the size and value factor calculations. We will then discuss possible explanations as to why the
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How to Grow Great Elephant Ears 2011 Edition The elephant ear is a tropical plant that many people use to give their gardens a new, plush, and exotic look over their neighbors. Why settle for the traditional roses when you can be the envy of all those rose lovers. Growing to an average of 3-5 feet, the large leafy plant is named after its large green leaves, which closely resemble the ears of an elephant. Being a tropical plant you will generally want to plant elephant
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to see a case study like this follow the labor of demand theory, as wage increase, employment decreases. However this paper finding indicates that the rise of minimum wage does not reduce employment. Which for someone studying economic comes as a shock, and the opposite of the models we have learned in previous class. This paper is not alone in these findings because as mentioned in the paper its self earlier studies have come to the same conclusion. So as a student this gives us a real life example
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IMPACT OF OIL TRADE ON EXCHANGE RATE OF INDIA Introduction India in the 21st century is one of the fastest growing countries of the world. Oil being the bloodline of the growing economy, is a necessary commodity and has a very inelastic demand, steadily growing with time. In 2011, India was the fourth largest energy consumer in the world after the United States, China, and Russia. India's economy grew at an annual rate of approximately 7 percent since 2000 and proved relatively resilient to the
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interesting to listen to. Because we are so familiar with own language, gestures, facial expressions, norms etc., familiar aspects of communication are disrupted which lead to cultural shock. Cultural shock is the psychological or anxiety you may feel when you attempt to adjust to a new cultural situation. I experienced cultural shock when I use to take part in charity events and travelled to another country, I felt a sense of anxiety as they could not easily understand what I was saying. Identifying cultural
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published in The Arizona Star May 15th 2012. This cartoon was created after Time magazine released an issue with the cover of a mother breastfeeding her son, which was considerably past the age of being breastfed. This picture on the cover of the magazine shock the people, it grabbed their attention. This picture was his inspiration of Breastfeeding When is it Enough. In this political cartoon you see the statue of liberty breast feeding a man in a suit, there are three other men behind him saying how disgusting
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mutui era crescente: si concedeva il mutuo a un soggetto ninja che a sua volta comprava una casa e il valore di questa continuava a crescere (diventava più ricco, solido) gli venivano concessi maggiori crediti. Quindi, in sostanza, cosa succede se uno shock positivo colpisce un mercato? Una offerta di mutui a basso costo – spinta dalla deregolamentazione finanziaria- fa salire il prezzo delle case. Sale il valore effettivo e prospettico delle garanzie sui mutui, il mercato dei mutui si sviluppa ulteriormente
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important causal role, both in the worldwide decline of prices and output, and in their eventual recovery during the Great Depression. Bernanke also asserts that monetary shocks, or declines in the money supply, induced by the countries being on the gold standard were fundamental in causing the Great Depression and showing that nominal shocks indeed had real effects. Using research about the international gold standard during the Great Depression Era from Eichengreen, Bernanke was able to implement a comparative
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miles away as far as Louisville, Kentucky. It is unknown how many lives were lost during the quakes. Scholars say that the number most likely wasn’t very large. The area that was affected by the quakes had a small population. The main one of the shocks produced by this quake happened around in the morning on December 16th in 1811. It is thought to have happened because of movement along the a fault in Arkansas. It was then followed by three considerably large aftershocks that had magnitudes that
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