As the Washington Post noted in a report on a new ABC News poll that shows almost two-thirds of voters say the issue will make "no difference" in their vote, the news "may do more to reinforce preferences of voters opposed to Clinton than swing undecided voters".
Governments reinforced the preference for local stuff.
Within Israel's political establishment, the violence in Lebanon has also reinforced the preference of many dovish politicians to make a priority of the Israeli-Palestinian peace effort, which is also stalled.
Preferred stimuli were identified via formal reinforcer preference assessments, and compliance, latency to compliance, and task completion time were measured.
When a preference was observed, injection/lever pairings were reversed to ensure reinforcer preference.
For details of animal husbandry, see Supplement 1. Reinforcer preference was carried out as described previously (29), with the main index of preference being the amount of reinforcer (10% condensed milk solution, Nestle, Croydon, United Kingdom) drunk on the final day of preference testing as a percentage of total fluid consumption (choice between water and reinforcer).
The groups displayed equivalent reinforcer preference [78.8 ± 5.5% vs. 84.7 ± 4.8%, respectively, GENOTYPE, t(19) = −.81, ns] and acquired the task in an equal number of sessions, indicating no effects of Genotype on learning [68.4 ± 8.1 vs. 63.6 ± 8.8, respectively, t(19) =.39, ns].
Other respondents reinforced their preferences for other resources (e.g. books) and resistance to technology.
Negative experiences, whether experienced personally or by others, had a significant impact on the perceptions women held of a given delivery site and thereby reinforced their preferences.
Not only did these friendships enhance Ouyang's status but, more important, they reinforced his strong preference for the simplicity and clarity of the "ancient style".
