An example of how functionalism encourages status quo is the topic of gender inequality. In functionalism, women being a support to men makes the society function without any problem since everyone knows their function in society. It is implied that society is working properly while using the given hierarchy, therefore, this hierarchy shouldn’t be changed. This example shows support of the status quo.
Answer:
Law of Effect.
Explanation:
Edward L. Thorndike (1874-1949) was an American psychologist and researcher, and one of the pioneers of behavioral psychology. Thorndike's experiments with cats led him to discover a psychological pattern he called the Law of Effect. According to this law, if faced with similar or recurring situations, we tend to repeat the behaviors that resulted in satisfying or positive consequences, while we don't tend to repeat the behaviors that resulted in unpleasant or negative consequences. One application of this principle was a learning method based on rewards and punishments called operant conditioning, developed by another well-known American psychologist and author, B. F. Skinner, in the early 20th century.
Military conflict in and around the middle east
Answer:
one player's optimal action choice taking the other player's action as given
Explanation:
The best response is a strategy from the game theory. This strategy holds that a player could select a strategy that favors him most given the strategies of other players. This is in reference to John Nash's Nash Equilibrium that explains that a player could reach that point(equilibrium) where he selects the best response or one of them that works best considering other players' strategies.
