Operant Conditioning Results in Either an Increase or a Decrease

question 26

True/False

Operant conditioning results in either an increase or a decrease in the probability of an operant behavior in response to environmental events.

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Definitions:

Inferential Statistics

This is a branch of statistics that makes predictions or inferences about a population based on a sample of data taken from that population.

Null Hypothesis

A default hypothesis that there is no effect or no difference, and any observed difference is due to sampling or experimental error.

Research Hypothesis

A specific, testable prediction about the relationship between two or more variables that a study aims to prove or disprove.

Descriptive Statistics

Statistical measures that describe the results of a study; descriptive statistics include measures of central tendency (e.g., mean), variability (e.g., standard deviation), and correlation (e.g., Pearson r).