The Termination of Pain That Occurs When a Rat Escapes

question 210

Multiple Choice

The termination of pain that occurs when a rat escapes or avoids electric shock by bar-pressing is a

• A) conditioned reinforcer.
• B) negative reinforcer
• C) secondary reinforcer.
• D) positive reinforcer.

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Definitions:

Autocorrelation

A measure of how correlated a variable is with itself over successive time intervals, often used in time series analysis.

Significance F

A statistical measure used in the analysis of variance (ANOVA) to determine the likelihood that the observed differences among group means occur by chance.

Null Hypothesis

A statistical hypothesis that suggests there is no significant difference between specified populations or no effect.

P-Value

A statistical measure that helps to determine the significance of the results obtained from a test, indicating the probability of observing the results given that the null hypothesis is true.