Which of the Following Cannot Generate a Poisson Distribution

question 31

Multiple Choice

Which of the following cannot generate a Poisson distribution?

• A) The number of children watching a movie.
• B) The number of telephone calls received by a switchboard in a specified time period.
• C) The number of customers arriving at a petrol station on Christmas day.
• D) The number of bacteria found in a cubic yard of soil.

Understand the concept of reinforcement and its role in operant conditioning.

Recognize the adaptive value of conditioned responses in natural environments.

Understand the basic principles of operant conditioning.

Identify and differentiate between types of reinforcers (positive, negative, primary, secondary).

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