Which of the Following Is FALSE

question 1

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is FALSE?

• A) A good test of a summary is self-sufficiency in that a summary should not require the appended full report but should be able to stand on its own.
• B) In general, it is not desirable for the researcher to draw conclusions in the written report. Rather they should limit their reports to presentation of the facts and should let the reader draw his or her own inferences from this presentation.
• C) The good summary in a research report contains the necessary introductory information to provide background, and the important results and conclusions.
• D) The true summary is an abstract of the whole report in which everything is restated in condensed form.
• E) As a general rule, the research report with wide distribution will require a more extensive introduction than a report for a narrow audience since a major purpose of the introduction is to provide the background information the reader needs to appreciate the discussion in the body of the report.

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Definitions:

Secondary Reinforcers

Stimuli that acquire their reinforcing properties through their association with primary reinforcers, such as money getting its value from the things it can buy.

Schedules of Reinforcement

The specific patterns and timings of rewards or punishments that control the rate and timing of responses in operant conditioning.

Response Pattern

The characteristic manner in which an individual or system reacts to a specific stimulus or series of stimuli.

Preparedness

The concept that certain associations are learned more readily than others due to evolutionary predispositions.