Carrot and stick
Carrot and stick
Metaphor for the use of punishment and reward.
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Operant conditioning
Type of associative learning process for behavioral modification.
12%
Aversives
Unpleasant stimulus that induces changes in behavior through punishment.
11%
Porfirio Díaz
President of Mexico from 1876 to 1911.
9.3%
Soft power
Ability to co-opt rather than coerce.
8%
Boardman Robinson
Canadian-born American artist (1876–1952).
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Hard power
Use of military and economic means to influence other political bodies.
4.8%
Metaphor
Figure of speech of implicit comparison.
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Winston Churchill
British statesman and writer (1874–1965).
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Colombian drug lord (1949–1993).
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Big stick ideology
American political catchphrase.
16%
Carrot
Root vegetable.
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Drug lord
Person who controls a sizable network of persons involved in the illegal drug trade.
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Reinhard Heydrich
German high-ranking Nazi official (1904–1942).
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Classical conditioning
Aspect of learning procedure.
3.5%
Hard power
Use of military and economic means to influence other political bodies.
3.5%
Rice riots of 1918
1918 riots in Japan.
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Ziyad ibn Abihi
Arab administrator and statesman (c. 622 – 673).
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Reward system
Group of neural structures responsible for motivation and desire.
2.4%