A Child Is Praised for Using His Fork Instead of His

question 186

Multiple Choice

A child is praised for using his fork instead of his fingers to eat some spaghetti.This is an example of __________ reinforcement.

• A)positive
• B)extrinsic
• C)higher-order
• D)secondary

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Definitions:

Poisson Process

A statistical process that models the occurrence of a certain number of events within a fixed interval of time or space, with these events happening at a constant mean rate and independently of the time since the last event.

Probability

A numerical measure of the likelihood of a particular event occurring, expressed on a scale from 0 to 1.

Poisson Arrivals

A process that describes the probability of a given number of events happening in a fixed interval of time or space, assuming these events occur with a known constant mean rate and independently of the time since the last event.

Average Number

A value obtained by dividing the sum of all quantities in a dataset by the number of quantities in that dataset, commonly known as the mean.