The 5-year-old child of two very busy parents has been throwing tantrums. Whenever the child gets angry or upset, one or both of his parents immediately come to his side and fuss over and cajole him. Nevertheless, his tantrums do not diminish. In fact, th

We may assume that for this child his parents' fussing over him serves as a(n) ______.
a. negative reinforcer c. positive reinforcer
b. punisher d. unconditioned response

C

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Suppose you had four populations with identical means but differing amounts of

variability. In this case, you would expect the population with ?= _____ to yield a sample that most accurately estimates ?. a. 10 b. 12 c. 17 d. 50

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