The Masterfoods Company Manufactures Bags of Peanut Butter M&M's

question 4

Essay

The Masterfoods company manufactures bags of Peanut Butter M&M's. They report that they make 10% each brown and red candies, and 20% each yellow, blue, and orange candies. The rest of the candies are green.
a. If you pick a Peanut Butter M&M at random, what is the probability that i. it is green?
ii. it is a primary color (red, yellow, or blue)?
iii. it is not orange?
b. If you pick four M&M's in a row, what is the probability that i. they are all blue?
ii. none are green?
iii. at least one is red?
iv. the fourth one is the first one that is brown?
c. After picking 10 M&M's in a row, you still have not picked a red one. A friend says that
you should have a better chance of getting a red candy on your next pick since you have
yet to see one. Comment on your friend's statement.

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Definitions:

Discriminative Stimulus

A stimulus in the presence of which a particular response will be reinforced, and in the absence of which that response will not be reinforced.

Reinforcement

An event (or termination of an event) that increases the frequency of the operant behavior that preceded it.

Attentional View

A theoretical perspective focused on how individuals allocate their attentional resources among various stimuli or tasks.

Sutherland

Refers to Edwin Sutherland, a criminologist known for developing the differential association theory.