A Researcher Using the Amount of Time to Complete a Task

question 11

Multiple Choice

A researcher using the amount of time to complete a task should use which measure of central tendency?

• A) the mean if the distribution is skewed
• B) the median if the scores are normally distributed
• C) the mean if the distribution is symmetrical
• D) the mode if the distribution is skewed

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Definitions:

Learned Associations

Connections made between certain stimuli or between behaviors and consequences, foundational to the process of learning.

Negative Reinforcement

The removal of a stimulus following a given behavior in order to increase the frequency of that behavior.

Avoidance Learning

An organism’s learning that it can altogether avoid a negative stimulus by making a particular response.

Modeling

The act of learning by observing and imitating the behaviors of others.