According to Molar Maximizing Theories of Matching

question 44

Multiple Choice

According to molar maximizing theories of matching,

• A)organisms always choose whichever response alternative is most likely to be reinforced at that time.
• B)organisms change from one response to another to improve on the local rate of reinforcement.
• C)the local rate of response is calculated over just the time the organism devotes to that particular response.
• D)organisms distribute their responses so as to maximize the amount of reinforcement they receive over the long run.

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Z-scores

Standardized scores that indicate the number of standard deviations an element is from the mean.

Shaded Area

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Distribution

Describes how the values of a dataset or population are spread or dispersed.

Standard Deviation

A measure of the dispersion or spread of a set of data points relative to its mean, indicating how much the values in the data set vary from the average.