Author Question: Negative punishment can best be defined as: a. Delivery of a stimulus after a behavior that ... (Read 42 times)

michelleunicorn · **on:** Jun 20, 2018

Negative punishment can best be defined as:

a. Delivery of a stimulus after a behavior that increases the occurrence of the behavior.
b. Removal of a stimulus after a behavior that decreases the occurrence of the behavior.
c. Delivery of a stimulus after a behavior that decreases the occurrence of the behavior
d. Removal of a stimulus after a behavior that increases the occurrence of the behavior.

Question 2

Define treatment drift and explain the threat it poses to research outcomes.

What will be an ideal response?

moormoney · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 20, 2018

Answer to Question 1

B

Answer to Question 2

Answer should include: Treatment drift occurs when the application of the independent variable during later stages of the experiment differs from the way the treatment as applied at the outset of the study. Treatment drift is a threat to the internal validity of a study. Low treatment integrity is a major source of confound in an experiment, making it difficult, or impossible, to interpret the results with confidence.