The Group You Wish to Generalize Your Results to Is

question 7

Multiple Choice

The group you wish to generalize your results to is called the ______.

• A)population
• B)sample
• C)sampling error
• D)general group

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Definitions:

Escape Behavior

Actions taken to avoid expected or current discomforts, often seen in both human psychological responses and animal behavior studies.

Shaping Behavior

The process of reinforcing successive approximations of a desired behavior to teach a new behavior or skill.

Negative Punishment

A decrease in behavior that results from a removed consequence.

Skinnerian Principles

Behavioral principles based on the work of B.F. Skinner, emphasizing the effects of reinforcement and punishment on behavior.