TABLE 2-6
a Sample of 200 Students at a Big-Ten

question 127

Multiple Choice

TABLE 2-6
A sample of 200 students at a Big-Ten university was taken after the midterm to ask them whether they went bar hopping the weekend before the midterm or spent the weekend studying, and whether they did well or poorly on the midterm. The following table contains the result.

$\begin{array}{lcc} &\text { Did Well in Midterm}&\text {Did Poorly in Midterm }\\\text {Studying for Exam } & 80 & 20 \\\text { Went Bar Hopping } & 30 & 70\\\hline \end{array}$

-Referring to Table 2-6, of those who went bar hopping the weekend before the midterm in the sample, ____percent of them did well on the midterm.

• A) 27.27
• B) 55
• C) 15
• D) 30

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Definitions:

Unwanted Response

A behavior or reaction that is not desired or intended in a particular context or situation.

Mowrer's Two-Factor Theory

A theory that combines both classical and operant conditioning to explain the development and maintenance of phobias.

Punishment

A consequence that decreases the likelihood of a behavior being repeated by applying an undesirable stimulus or removing a desirable one.

Matching Law

A principle that states the proportion of responses allocated to a particular option matches the proportion of reinforcements obtained from that option.