Thorndike's Puzzle Boxes

question 23

Multiple Choice

Thorndike's puzzle boxes

• A) were specially constructed to study problem solving in animals.
• B) contained food as positive reinforcement.
• C) were mazes that animals traveled through to obtain food.
• D) were puzzles which had no solutions.

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Definitions:

Null Hypothesis

A hypothesis that states there is no statistical significance between the two variables in the hypothesis. It posits no effect or no difference as a default stance to be tested against.

Alternative Hypothesis

A statement that contradicts the null hypothesis and proposes that there is a statistically significant relationship between two variables.

Null Hypothesis

A default statement that there is no effect or no difference, often used as a starting assumption in statistical hypothesis testing.

Type I Error

The error that occurs when the null hypothesis is incorrectly rejected, falsely indicating a significant effect.