Three of the Following Are Recommended Practices When Using Punishment

question 65

Multiple Choice

Three of the following are recommended practices when using punishment to reduce an inappropriate behavior. Which one is not recommended?

• A) Threaten punishment several times before administering it.
• B) Explain why the behavior is unacceptable.
• C) Teach the appropriate behavior for the situation.
• D) Whenever possible, punish the behavior as soon as it occurs.

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Definitions:

Standard Error

A statistical measure that describes the distribution of sample means around the population mean, indicating the accuracy of a sample mean as an estimate of the population mean.

Confidence Interval

A range of values, derived from sample statistics, that likely contains the true value of an unknown population parameter.

Standard Error

The standard deviation of the sample distribution of a statistic, often used in the context of mean.

Mean

The central or typical value in a distribution, calculated as the sum of all observations divided by the number of observations.