Steve Gets Yelled at Each Time That He Acts Up

question 183

Multiple Choice

Steve gets yelled at each time that he acts up in class. As a result, he has started acting up even more in class. This is an example of operant concept?

• A) negative reinforcement
• B) negative punishment
• C) positive reinforcement
• D) positive punishment

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Definitions:

Population Variance

A measure of the spread of a population’s data points, indicating the average of the squared differences from the mean.

Chi-square Distribution

A statistical distribution used in hypothesis testing that is applicable when testing hypotheses about categorical variables.

Population Variance

A measure of the spread or distribution of a set of data values within an entire population.

Confidence Interval

A selection of values, extracted from sample analyses, believed to encompass the value of an unseen population parameter.