Operant Conditioning Is a Type of Learning in Which

question 136

Multiple Choice

Operant conditioning is a type of learning in which

• A) responses come to be controlled by their consequences.
• B) an organism's responding is influenced by the observation of others' behavior.
• C) involuntary responses are slowly replaced by voluntary responses.
• D) a neutral stimulus acquires the ability to elicit a response that was originally elicited by another stimulus.

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Definitions:

Level Of Significance

The probability of rejecting the null hypothesis in a statistical test when it is actually true; a threshold for determining the statistical significance.

Rejection Region

The range of values for which we reject the null hypothesis in hypothesis testing.

Level Of Significance

A threshold used in hypothesis testing, below which the null hypothesis is rejected.

Confidence Interval

A gamut of values, taken from sample statistics, considered likely to include the value of a hidden population attribute.