The answer to this question is <span>Increasing; weakens the effects of both reinforcement and punishment.. The more delay being imposed between a response and a consequence, the more our brain not be able to find the correlation between that response and consequence. If the response and consequence happen instantly (for example we feel burnt when touching fire) that our body will most likely to remember the consequence of that certain response.</span>
Alexander Hamilton Stephens is the man you are looking for. I know this because he was the governor of Georgia from 1882-1883. After 4 months of being Governor he died in office on March 4, 1883.
