Match the Examples with the Appropriate Type of Reinforcement or Punishment

question 176

Multiple Choice

Match the examples with the appropriate type of reinforcement or punishment.
-The new cough medicine Jim used was so effective in relieving his cough that he vowed to use it whenever he had a cough.

• A)negative punishment
• B)negative reinforcement
• C)positive punishment
• D)positive reinforcement

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Definitions:

Type I Error

The statistical mistake of rejecting a true null hypothesis, also known as a "false positive."

Type II Error

The error that occurs when one fails to reject a false null hypothesis, also known as a false negative.

Power

The probability that a statistical test will correctly reject a false null hypothesis, or the test's sensitivity to detecting an effect.

Statistical Test

A procedure used to determine whether the observed data significantly deviates from a hypothesis.