THE NEXT QUESTIONS ARE BASED ON THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION

question 123

Multiple Choice

THE NEXT QUESTIONS ARE BASED ON THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION:
Suppose that the waiting times for patients at a local hospital are normally distributed with known population standard deviation of 30 minutes.A random sample of 75 patients in the local hospital had a mean time of 90 minutes.Assume a 95% confidence interval for the population mean μ.
-Calculate the standard error of the 95% confidence interval.

• A)0.40
• B)3.46
• C)13.69
• D)2.50

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Definitions:

Punishment

The introduction of a consequence in response to a behavior with the intent to decrease the likelihood of that behavior occurring in the future.

Suppressive Influence

The impact or effect that reduces, inhibits, or diminishes a particular response, activity, or expression.

Mowrer

A psychologist known for his two-factor theory of avoidance learning, which combines classical and operant conditioning theories to explain how anxiety and phobias are learned and maintained.

First Stage Avoidance

First stage avoidance in classical conditioning is where the organism learns to avoid an aversive stimulus by responding appropriately to a warning signal.