Micah's parents give him $20 for getting all As on his report card. According to operant conditioning, this is a form of ______.

A. positive reinforcement
B. negative reinforcement
C. punishment
D. extinction


Answer: A

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A) ?suffocation B) ?falls C) ?motor vehicle accidents D) ?drowning

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With respect to oral reading errors, inversion or changing of word order means:

a. The student hesitates for 2 or more seconds before pronouncing a word b. The student changes the order of words appearing in a sentence c. The student fails to observe punctuation d. The student's pronunciation of a word bears so little resemblance to the proper pronunciation

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Proper positioning is critical for students with physical disabilities because good positioning can __________________________

What will be an ideal response?

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Dr. Baylor is concerned that the items on his test really do adequately represent the universe of items from which he chose. Dr. Baylor’s concern is one of ______.

a. content validity b. predictive validity c. concurrent validity d. construct validity

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