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  2. Reinforcement - Wikipedia

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    Rather than a reinforcer, such as food or water, being delivered every time as a consequence of some behavior, a reinforcer could be delivered after more than one instance of the behavior. For example, a pigeon may be required to peck a button switch ten times before food appears.

  3. List of disability-related terms with negative connotations

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    Considered by some sites to refer to people with intellectual disabilities [23] Differently abled [7] [23] Dim or dim-witted [25] DALYs/DFLYs/QALYs: Disability or Quality Adjusted (or Free) Life Years: Suggests that a nondisabled person's life years are worth more than a disabled person's [26] The Disabled or Disabled people

  4. Utilitarianism - Wikipedia

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    In other words, according to the theory, it is a moral good to breed more people on the world for as long as total happiness rises. [ 132 ] On the other hand, measuring the utility of a population based on the average utility of that population avoids Parfit's repugnant conclusion but causes other problems.

  5. Negative affectivity - Wikipedia

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    Results showed that speakers in a negative mood had a better quality descriptions and greater amount of information and details. These results show that negative mood can improve people's communication skills. [2] A negative mood is closely linked to better conversation because it makes use of the hippocampus and different regions of the brain.

  6. List of cognitive biases - Wikipedia

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    The remembering of the past as having been better than it really was. Saying is believing effect: Communicating a socially tuned message to an audience can lead to a bias of identifying the tuned message as one's own thoughts. [177] Self-relevance effect: That memories relating to the self are better recalled than similar information relating ...

  7. Behavioral momentum - Wikipedia

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    Behavioral momentum is a theory in quantitative analysis of behavior and is a behavioral metaphor based on physical momentum.It describes the general relation between resistance to change (persistence of behavior) and the rate of reinforcement obtained in a given situation.

  8. Is Human-Grade Cat Food Worth It? Vets Weigh in on Their ...

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    Chewy. If you want 100 percent human-grade choices from Stella & Chewy’s, go with their boxed wet cat food line. Choose between cage-free chicken and turkey in either paté or minced morsels.

  9. Negativity bias - Wikipedia

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    The negativity bias, [1] also known as the negativity effect, is a cognitive bias that, even when positive or neutral things of equal intensity occur, things of a more negative nature (e.g. unpleasant thoughts, emotions, or social interactions; harmful/traumatic events) have a greater effect on one's psychological state and processes than neutral or positive things.