When students escape from a task or environment by performing an inappropriate behavior that behavior is
likely to be maintained by:
a. positive reinforcement
b. negative reinforcement
c. extinction
d. punishment
A
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Maria has 7 fewer coins than Vanessa, who has 100 coins. How many coins does Maria have? Solve using algebra
a. 93 b. 110 c. 92 d. 94 e. 107
The items on a true-false test are least likely to
a. encourage guessing. b. measure complex cognitive behavior. c. cover a quantity of material in a short time. d. take a reasonable amount of teacher time for constructing and checking.
Science should appeal to young adolescents since:
a. they like a textbook approach whereby they will know exactly what is to be learned and mastered. b. middle school science is usually only a review of science studied in the elementary school. c. it basically requires only memorization rather than any type of active participation. d. their psychosocial development allows for more collaboration on projects and experiments and their cognitive development allows for higher-order thinking and the testing of hypotheses.
A local ice cream shop wants to see if they should promote a new swizzleberry swirl or creamsicle flavored drink. In order to determine which one to promote, they took a sample of 80 patrons and asked them to choose which they preferred. The one that is significantly preferred over the other (at a .05 level of significance) will be promoted. It is expected that an equal number of patrons will choose each flavor. Based on the observed frequencies given below, what is the decision for this test? Swizzleberry Swirl: 28 Creamsicle: 52
A) Promote the swizzleberry swirl flavored drink. B) Promote the creamsicle flavored drink. C) Do not promote any flavored drinks. D) There is not enough information to answer this question.