Administering an Aversive Consequence Is Referred to as

question 28

Multiple Choice

Administering an aversive consequence is referred to as

• A)positive reinforcement.
• B)punishment.
• C)extinction.
• D)negative reinforcement.
• E)arbitration.

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Definitions:

Research Hypothesis

A statement of inequality between two variables. See Null hypothesis.

Four Groups

A division within a study or experiment where participants are split into four distinct sets for comparison or analysis.

P < 0.05

Indicates a probability of less than 5% that the observed results occurred by chance, suggesting statistical significance in hypothesis testing.

Nonparametric Statistical Test

A type of statistical test that does not assume an underlying distribution for the data, often used when data do not meet the assumptions required for parametric tests.