If You Work Hard All Semester in a Class to Get

question 139

Multiple Choice

If you work hard all semester in a class to get an A, why doesn't the delay in reinforcement keep you from learning anything?

• A)As a mature human, you can anticipate future rewards.
• B)You get reinforced by quiz and test grades all through the semester.
• C)A single reinforcer can often maintain a linked series of actions that lead to the final reinforcement of an A for the class.
• D)All of these are reasons why the delay in reinforcement does not affect your learning.

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Test Statistic

A statistic whose value helps determine whether a null hypothesis should be rejected.

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A measure in statistics used to determine the goodness of fit of a model, adjusted for the number of predictors in the model.

SSE

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