Positive Reinforcement Is to Negative Reinforcement as ________

question 119

Multiple Choice

Positive reinforcement is to negative reinforcement as ________.

• A) good is to bad
• B) increase is to decrease
• C) reward is to punish
• D) present is to remove

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Definitions:

Null Hypothesis

The hypothesis in statistical analysis that proposes there is no significant difference or relationship between specified populations, any observed difference being due to sampling or experimental error.

Distribution

A statistical term describing the way values of a variable are spread or dispersed across a range.

Significance Level

A threshold chosen by the researcher to denote the probability below which a result is considered statistically significant, indicating that the observed result would be unlikely under the null hypothesis.

Kruskal-Wallis Test

A nonparametric statistical test used to compare three or more groups on a continuous or ordinal outcome without assuming a normal distribution among the groups.