<span>Xenon does things that make her feel good and avoids things that make her feel bad. Her behaviors are consistent with Edward Thorndike's law of effect.
</span><span>The law of effect states that responses that produce a satisfying effect in a particular situation become more likely to occur again, while responses that produce a discomforting effect are less likely to be repeated.</span>
C) From deciphering the writing they left behind
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In a typical behavior modification program, one needs to select a behavior to modify and describe it completely using concrete terms. Next, one must gather data about target behavior that includes identifying how many times the behavior occurs, identifying triggers, and the consequences that follow the behavior. Then, one should design a program that will both effectively change the behavior and track one's progress in doing so in order to increase wanted behavior or decrease unwanted behavior. Finally, the plan must be put into effect and watched to see whether or not it works. If it does not work, then the plan must be modified, or adjusted. Then the program should be brought to an end be reducing reinforcement gradually.
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A revisionist view of Bartolome de las Casas as the ‘author’ of the introduction of African slaves to the Indies/Americas in the early 16th century. The article details Las Casas’ thinking and actions and concludes that while Las Casas did—among other contemporaries—suggest the importation of African slaves to lift the burden of oppression off the Amerindians, his perspective and view was altered radically in the last third of his life. The article explores the meaning of African slavery in the context of the place and time where Las Casas grew up—Andalucía in southern Spain—where slavery was quite different from the way it developed on the plantations of the Americas. And the article relates how Las Casas’ theoretical and practical defense of Amerindians eventually was extended by Las Casas’ into a defense of liberty for all men, including African slaves.
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