When You Add or Remove a Stimulus After a Behavior

question 51

Multiple Choice

When you add or remove a stimulus after a behavior and the result is an increase in that behavior, you have used ________.

• A) a positive operation
• B) reinforcement
• C) an operational directive
• D) a discriminative stimulus

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Definitions:

Chronological Age

The age of an individual as measured from their birth to the present date, typically expressed in years.

Symmetrical Bell-Shaped Curve

A graphical representation of a normal distribution, indicating that most occurrences take place around the mean and fewer occur as one moves away from the mean.

Normal Distribution

A bell-shaped curve that represents the distribution of many types of data where most values cluster around the mean or average, showing that data near the mean are more frequent in occurrence.

High Average

A term typically used to describe scores or performance that are above the median but not exceedingly high, often used in statistical and educational assessments.