A Positive Contingency Between a Response and an Appetitive Stimulus

question 36

Multiple Choice

A positive contingency between a response and an appetitive stimulus is also known as

• A)positive reinforcement.
• B)negative reinforcement.
• C)punishment.
• D)omission training.

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Definitions:

Statistical Test

A method of making decisions or inferences about population parameters based on sample data, often involving a comparison between an observed test statistic and a critical value.

Power

The probability that a statistical test will correctly reject a false null hypothesis; it measures a test's sensitivity to detect an effect if there is one.

Null Hypothesis

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

Proportion Heated

The fraction or percentage of a whole that has been subjected to a process of heating, often used in the context of scientific experiments or industrial processes.