Drive-reduction theory...
Mathematization (using equations rather than verbal descriptions) Simplicity Accuracy (fits old and new data well) Generality (applies to many individuals, behaviors, etc.)
Ice will break rather then bend
For example: would you rather do _____ or ______?
when energy is derived from oxygen in air being breathed in, rather than from oxygen already dissolved in the blood (or rather, bound to haemoglobin in the blood). I.e. a longer-term exercise like jogging, rather than a sudden surge of activity like a sprint.
Being bouyant.
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They were given the right to a proper trial and the right to be represented. Moreover, the burden of proof rested on the accuser, rather the accused.
Retributivists
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She was accused of kissing someone in the window. That's what Claudio and Don Pedro saw happen, or rather what they thought they saw happen. The assumption is that it went way beyond kissing.
Process-oriented assessment is based on an observation of behaviors of a task, rather than the quality of the actual completed object. The student will be evaluated for participating and performing certain behaviors, rather than their success or failure. An example of this is participation in archery class. The student gets credit for holding the bow properly and proper stance, rather than if they hit the target.
That if there was a doubt about a person's guilt, he or she should be judged innocent.
It is easier to extinguish behaviors that have reinforced on a fixed schedule rather than a variable schedule of reinforcement because a fixed schedule requires a reward every time the behavior happens. A variable schedule only rewards every so often.
In a rather literal naming scheme: Civilian Police Oversight Agency.
There is an adverb "namely" but it has a connotation of "specifically by name" rather than done by name.The verb to name has participle adjectives naming and named, but they do not form adverbs.
It's a metaphor for sex, the parents when explaining sex to the children used peanuts rather than the birds and the bees.
Negative reinforcement encourages behaviors to continue with the incentive of taking away something bad. Punishment encourages bad behaviors to stop through fear of consequence. Psychologists recommend using negative reinforcement over punishment because it encourages desirable behaviors instead of removing undesirable behaviors without putting a desirable alternative in its place, and because it is based on a positive hope for reward, rather than fear of consequence.