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Lisaclaire

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You get a cup of coffee from a vending machine each morning. Two mornings in a row, the machine accepts your coins but does not supply coffee. The next day you bring a thermos of coffee with you. Your reaction to the vending machine illustrates that ______________ has occurred.
 
  a. discrimination
  b. extinction
  c. negative reinforcement
  d. spontaneous recovery

Question 2

Which of the following objectives would be better evaluated using criterion-referenced grading rather than norm-referenced grading?
 
  a. Ascertain how much students know about biology, compared with students in other schools.
  b. Determine which reading test produces the highest reading comprehension scores.
  c. Assess how well students have mastered English grammar.
  d. Predict how well your students will do in their first semester of college.



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Answer to Question 1

B

Answer to Question 2

C



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