An Exclusive Preschool Program Has Strict Enrollment Criteria and Only

question 63

Multiple Choice

An exclusive preschool program has strict enrollment criteria and only accepts children with very high marks on the enrollment test. Unfortunately, they have found that the enrollment test does not correlate highly with the grades the children make. The probable reason is

• A)predictor/criterion confusion.
• B)an invalid criterion.
• C)convergent evidence.
• D)range restriction.

Define and identify examples of intrapreneurs.

Discriminate between spin-off firms and original firms.

Identify examples of technological breakthroughs from government or university labs.

Understand funding sources for R&D in corporations.

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Definitions:

Punishment

A consequence imposed after an undesirable behavior, aimed at reducing that behavior.

Negative Reinforcement

A behavioral concept where the removal of an unfavorable event strengthens the behavior that led to its removal.

Extinction

In the context of behavior, the gradual reduction and eventual elimination of a conditioned response.

Successive Approximations

This is a method in behavioral psychology where behaviors are gradually trained by rewarding approximations of the desired behavior.