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:

Average Score

The sum of all individual scores divided by the number of scores, often used as a measure of central tendency.

Median

The middle value in a list of numbers sorted in ascending or descending order, or the mean of the two middle numbers if the list has an even number of values.

Middle Value

Also known as the median, it is the value separating the higher half from the lower half of a data sample, array, or distribution.

Mode

The value that appears most frequently in a data set, representing the most common or popular response in a collection of data.