Jackie plays professional basketball. Once before an important game, she placed her wedding ring on a chain, hung it around her
husband’s neck, and then kissed him for good luck. She performed exceedingly well during that game and now feels compelled to repeat the same ritual before every game. What best explains this behavior?
It is an example of superstitious behavior that is resulting from accidental reinforcement. The accidental reinforcer occurs after an act that may unintentionally strengthen the likelihood of the occurrence of that act. Superstitious behavior is often the result of accidental reinforcement
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A golfer may be lean as nears the hole. Such learning followed the past by the ball going into the hole (reinforcer) so even though leaning has no causal effects on whether the ball goes in, the accidental contingent relationship between leaning and ball being holed leads to reinforcement of leaning also called adventitious reinforcer.
The slide does not have enough contrast between the text and background. It covers too many topics on one slide. There are too many bullets and too much text. It does not have any pictures or visual aids.
I think the correct answer would be the first option. Focusing on information that concerns your audience the most will increase the chances of effective messages. Most likely, the audience would have interest on what your message is all about and they would have better perception since it concerns them.
