The Internal Revenue Service Threatens Sue with a Penalty If

question 160

Multiple Choice

The Internal Revenue Service threatens Sue with a penalty if she fails to pay her back taxes.She pays,and the threat is withdrawn.In the future,she is more prompt in meeting her obligation.This is an example of the use of _______ to control behavior.

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

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Definitions:

Populations

The entire group of individuals or instances about whom the data is collected or a study is conducted.

Elements

The entities on which data are collected.

Samples

Collections or subsets of data taken from a larger population, used to analyze and make inferences about the population.

Ordinal Scale

The scale of measurement for a variable if the data exhibit the properties of nominal data and the order or rank of the data is meaningful. Ordinal data may be nonnumeric or numeric.