​Which of the Following Should You Focus on When Trying

question 52

Multiple Choice

​Which of the following should you focus on when trying to achieve a generalized reduction in a problem behavior?

• A) ​minimizing positive reinforcement for alternative behaviors
• B) ​training in situations that are different from the generalized environment
• C) ​implementing punishment procedures to decrease the problem behavior
• D) ​developing functionally equivalent alternative behaviors

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Definitions:

Population Variance

A measure of the spread or dispersion of a set of data values in a population, indicating the average squared deviation from the mean.

Rejection Region

The rejection region is the range of values in hypothesis testing for which the null hypothesis is rejected in favor of the alternative hypothesis.

Population Mean

The average value of a characteristic or measurement across the entire population targeted in a study.

Population Standard Deviation

A measure of the dispersion or spread of a set of data points in a population, quantifying how much the data diverges from the mean of the population.